A method and a terminal device for providing a suspend button display are disclosed in order to improve display flexibility of a suspend button. In the solutions, when a terminal device detects that a tap operation or a second touch and hold operation, the terminal device may the suspend button to present an effect that the graphic displayed in the suspend button is zoomed in or zoomed out, and then display the suspend button restored to the default state. Therefore, according to the method, the display flexibility of the suspend button can be improved, so that visual experience of a user is improved.