Embodiments includes a screen display method and a terminal. The method includes a terminal displaying a first screen, detecting a first triggering event, responding to the first triggering event, and displaying a shortcut window on the first screen. The shortcut window includes at least one object. Each object is associated with one element. The method further includes displaying a screen of an element associated with the at least one object after detecting that the at least one object in the shortcut window is selected.