A method and associated apparatus provide for displaying, by a terminal, a first interface in response to an operation input by a user. Input by the user indicates to shrink the first interface, and display an interface including the shrunk first interface. In response to a minimization operation input by the user, a second interface is displayed on which the first interface is in a minimized state, a third minimized interface is displayed in the same way. A drop-down menu of a status bar is displayed in response to user input A multi-window display interface in response to a selection operation input by the user.