An application window display method and a terminal. The method includes displaying, by a terminal, a first GUI, where the first GUI includes a first application window, receiving, by the terminal, an input operation performed on the first application window, and displaying, by the terminal, a second GUI in response to the input operation, where the second GUI includes a soft keyboard at a fixed display location, and an area in the second GUI other than the soft keyboard includes the completely displayed first application window, and the display location of the soft keyboard in the second GUI partially or completely overlaps a display location of the first application window in the first GUI.