The invention provides a display control method of an interactive interface, which comprises the following steps of: obtaining a contact person list and messages of friends in the contact person list; generating segments which correspond to the friends in the contact person list; and displaying the messages of the friends in the segments. The display control method of the interactive interface and the instant messaging tool are used for generating the corresponding segments for each friend in the contact person list, and further displaying the messages of the friends in the segments, and the messages of the friends can be directly checked through the segments in the interface by the user, so that the operation can be simplified, and the operating convenience can be improved.