CN110456953A - Folder interface switching method and terminal equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide a folder interface switching method and a terminal device, which relate to the field of communication technology and solve the problem of cumbersome and time-consuming search for APP icons in existing terminal devices. The method includes: receiving a first input from a user on a first interface, the first interface is a first expansion interface of a first folder, and the first expansion interface is displayed in a partially expanded form or displayed in a fully expanded form; and responding Based on the first input, the first interface is updated to a second interface, the second interface is an expansion interface of a second folder, and the first folder and the second folder are folders on the desktop of the terminal device. The method can be applied to a scene where multiple folders in the terminal device are switched and displayed on the expanded interface.

Description

Folder interface switching method and terminal equipment

technical field

The embodiments of the present invention relate to the field of communication technologies, and in particular, to a folder interface switching method and a terminal device.

Background technique

With the continuous development of terminal technology, the application of terminal equipment is becoming more and more extensive. Generally, multiple application programs (application, APP) can be installed on the terminal device. After the APP is installed on the terminal device, the icon of the APP is displayed on each interface of the homepage of the terminal device.

Taking the user searching for an APP as an example, the user can turn pages on the homepage of the terminal device to find the icon of the APP. If the icon of the APP is located in a certain folder, the user needs to search in each folder one by one. For example, after opening a folder on the home page, if there is no icon of the APP in the folder, then return to the home page, and then open another folder, if there is no icon of the APP in the other folder, then Return to the home page, and repeat until the icon of the APP is found.

However, in the process of searching APPs one by one in each folder, the user needs to trigger operations multiple times to find the icons of APPs in multiple folders. In this way, the search process for the APP icon is cumbersome and time-consuming.

Contents of the invention

Embodiments of the present invention provide a folder interface switching method and a terminal device, so as to solve the problem of cumbersome and time-consuming searching for APP icons in existing terminal devices.

In order to solve the problems of the technologies described above, the present invention is achieved in that:

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a folder interface switching method, which is applied to a terminal device, and the method includes: receiving a first input from a user on a first interface, where the first interface is the first folder of the first folder. An expansion interface, the first expansion interface is displayed in a partially expanded form or displayed in a fully expanded form; and in response to the first input, the first interface is updated to a second interface, and the second interface is the second folder Expand the interface, the first folder and the second folder are folders on the desktop of the terminal device.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a terminal device, where the terminal device includes a receiving module and a display module. The receiving module is used to receive the first input from the user on the first interface, the first interface is the first expansion interface of the first folder, and the first expansion interface is displayed in a partially expanded form or in a fully expanded form. The display module is configured to update the first interface to a second interface in response to the first input received by the receiving module, and the second interface is an expansion interface of the second folder. The first folder and the second folder are folders on the desktop of the terminal device.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a terminal device, the terminal device includes a processor, a memory, and a computer program stored in the memory and operable on the processor. When the computer program is executed by the processor, the above-mentioned first In one aspect, the steps of the folder interface switching method.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored, and when the computer program is executed by a processor, the folder interface switching method in the above-mentioned first aspect is implemented. step.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the user's first input on the first interface may be received, the first interface is the first expansion interface of the first folder, and the first expansion interface is displayed in a partially expanded form or in a fully expanded form Display; and in response to the first input, update the first interface to a second interface, the second interface is the expansion interface of the second folder, the first folder and the second folder are the terminal device desktop folder. Through this solution, after the user opens the expansion interface of a certain folder, if the target application icon is not found, he can directly input on the current interface to trigger switching from the expansion interface of the current folder to the expansion interface of another folder , so that the terminal device can quickly switch and display the expansion interface of each folder in the terminal device, which is convenient for the user to find the target application icon, thereby improving the efficiency of searching for the target application icon in multiple folders.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a possible Android operating system provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is one of the schematic diagrams of the folder interface switching method provided by the embodiment of the present invention;

3 is one of the interface schematic diagrams of the application of the folder interface switching method provided by the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4A is the second schematic diagram of the application interface of the folder interface switching method provided by the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4B is the third schematic diagram of the application interface of the folder interface switching method provided by the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is the fourth schematic diagram of the application interface of the folder interface switching method provided by the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is the second schematic diagram of the folder interface switching method provided by the embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 7A is the fifth schematic diagram of the application interface of the folder interface switching method provided by the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7B is the sixth schematic diagram of the application interface of the folder interface switching method provided by the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7C is the seventh schematic diagram of the application interface of the folder interface switching method provided by the embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 8 is the third schematic diagram of the folder interface switching method provided by the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is the eighth schematic diagram of the application interface of the folder interface switching method provided by the embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 10 is the ninth schematic diagram of the application interface of the folder interface switching method provided by the embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 11 is the fourth schematic diagram of the folder interface switching method provided by the embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 12 is the tenth schematic diagram of the application interface of the folder interface switching method provided by the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 13 is one of the schematic structural diagrams of a terminal device provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 14 is a second structural schematic diagram of a terminal device provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 15 is a schematic diagram of hardware of a terminal device provided by an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed ways

The following will clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the described embodiments are some of the embodiments of the present invention, but not all of them. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by persons of ordinary skill in the art without creative efforts fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

The term "and/or" in this article is an association relationship describing associated objects, which means that there can be three relationships, for example, A and/or B can mean: A exists alone, A and B exist simultaneously, and B exists alone These three situations. The symbol "/" in this document indicates that the associated object is an or relationship, for example, A/B indicates A or B.

The terms "first" and "second" in the specification and claims of the present invention are used to distinguish different objects, rather than to describe a specific order of objects. For example, the first input, the second input, etc. are used to distinguish different inputs, rather than to describe a specific sequence of inputs.

In the embodiments of the present invention, words such as "exemplary" or "for example" are used as examples, illustrations or illustrations. Any embodiment or design solution described as "exemplary" or "for example" in the embodiments of the present invention shall not be construed as being more preferred or more advantageous than other embodiments or design solutions. Rather, the use of words such as "exemplary" or "such as" is intended to present related concepts in a concrete manner.

In the description of the embodiments of the present invention, unless otherwise specified, "multiple" means two or more, for example, multiple processing units refer to two or more processing units, etc.; multiple A component refers to two or more components or the like.

Firstly, some nouns or terms involved in the claims and description of the present invention will be explained below.

Application Icon: Used to indicate an application. If the user inputs an input to the application icon, the terminal device may, in response to the input, run the application program indicated by the application icon and display the running interface of the application program.

Folder icon: Used to indicate folders. If the user inputs the folder icon, the terminal device may respond to the input and display the expansion interface of the folder indicated by the folder icon.

The expanded interface of the folder: in the expanded interface of the folder, at least one application icon in the folder is displayed.

Embodiments of the present invention provide a folder interface switching method and a terminal device, which can receive the first input from the user on the first interface, the first interface is the first expansion interface of the first folder, and the first expansion interface starts with Partially expanded or displayed in full expanded form; and in response to the first input, update the first interface to a second interface, the second interface is the expanded interface of the second folder, the first folder and the The second folder is a folder on the desktop of the terminal device. Through this solution, after the user opens the expansion interface of a certain folder, if the target application icon is not found, he can directly input on the current interface to trigger switching from the expansion interface of the current folder to the expansion interface of another folder , so that the terminal device can quickly switch and display the expansion interface of each folder in the terminal device, which is convenient for the user to find the target application icon, thereby improving the efficiency of searching for the target application icon in multiple folders.

The terminal device in this embodiment of the present invention may be a terminal device with an operating system. The operating system may be an Android operating system, an ios operating system, or other possible operating systems, which are not specifically limited in the embodiment of the present invention.

Taking the Android operating system as an example, the software environment to which the folder interface switching method provided by the embodiment of the present invention is applied is introduced below.

As shown in FIG. 1 , it is a schematic structural diagram of a possible Android operating system provided by an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1 , the architecture of the Android operating system includes four layers, namely: an application layer, an application framework layer, a system runtime layer and a kernel layer (specifically, the Linux kernel layer).

Wherein, the application program layer includes various application programs (including system application programs and third-party application programs) in the Android operating system.

The application program framework layer is the application program framework, and developers can develop some applications based on the application program framework layer while complying with the development principles of the application program framework layer.

The system runtime layer includes libraries (also called system libraries) and the Android operating system runtime environment. The library mainly provides various resources required by the Android operating system. The Android operating system operating environment is used to provide a software environment for the Android operating system.

The kernel layer is the operating system layer of the Android operating system and belongs to the bottom layer of the Android operating system software layer. The kernel layer provides core system services and hardware-related drivers for the Android operating system based on the Linux kernel.

Taking the Android operating system as an example, in the embodiment of the present invention, developers can develop a software program that implements the folder interface switching method provided in the embodiment of the present invention based on the system architecture of the Android operating system as shown in Figure 1 above, so that The folder interface switching method can be run based on the Android operating system shown in FIG. 1 . That is, the processor or the terminal device can implement the folder interface switching method provided by the embodiment of the present invention by running the software program in the Android operating system.

The terminal device in the embodiment of the present invention may be a mobile terminal or a non-mobile terminal. Exemplarily, the mobile terminal may be a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a palmtop computer, a vehicle terminal, a wearable device, an ultra-mobile personal computer (ultra-mobile personal computer, UMPC), a netbook or a personal digital assistant (personal digital assistant, PDA) ), etc., the non-mobile terminal may be a personal computer (personal computer, PC), a television (television, TV), a teller machine or a self-service machine, etc., which are not specifically limited in this embodiment of the present invention.

The execution subject of the folder interface switching method provided in the embodiment of the present invention may be the above-mentioned terminal device, or may be a functional module and/or a functional entity in the terminal device capable of implementing the folder interface switching method, and may be specifically determined according to the actual situation. The use requirements are determined, and the embodiments of the present invention are not limited. The following uses a terminal device as an example to illustrate the folder interface switching method provided by the embodiment of the present invention.

The file configuration method provided by the embodiment of the present invention will be exemplarily described below in conjunction with various drawings.

As shown in FIG. 2 , an embodiment of the present invention provides a folder interface switching method, and the folder interface switching method may include the following steps 200 - 201 .

Step 200, the terminal device receives a first input from a user on a first interface, where the first interface is a first expansion interface of a first folder.

In the embodiment of the present invention, if the user needs to find the target application icon on the desktop of the terminal device, the user can input any folder icon on the desktop at this time, for example, the user clicks to indicate the first folder (such as "Tools") " folder) to trigger the terminal device to display the first expanded interface of the first folder (that is, the above-mentioned first interface, such as the first interface 30 shown in FIG. 3 ).

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the first expanded interface may be displayed in a partially expanded form, or may be displayed in a fully expanded form, which may be determined according to actual usage requirements, and is not limited in this embodiment of the present invention. In the case that the first expanded interface is displayed in a partially expanded form, part of the icons of the first folder may be displayed in the first expanded interface; when the first expanded interface is displayed in a fully expanded form, the first expanded interface may display All icons of the first folder are displayed.

Further, when the terminal device displays the first expanded interface of the first folder, the user may check whether the target application icon is displayed on the first expanded interface of the first folder.

Further, if there is no target application icon in the first expanded interface of the first folder, the user can perform a first input on the first expanded interface of the first folder (that is, the above-mentioned first interface) to trigger the terminal device The first expanded interface of the first folder is switched to the expanded interface of the second folder (ie, the second interface described below), so that the user can continue to search whether the target application icon is displayed on the expanded interface of the second folder.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned first input may be a click input (for example, a single-click input or a double-click input), or a sliding input, or any other possible form of input, which may be based on actual usage requirements. Definitely, the embodiments of the present invention are not limited.

Step 201, the terminal device updates the first interface to a second interface in response to the first input, and the second interface is an expansion interface of the second folder.

Wherein, the above-mentioned first folder and second folder are respectively folders on the desktop of the terminal device.

In this embodiment of the present invention, if the user performs a first input on the first expansion interface of the first folder, the terminal device may respond to the first input by displaying the first expansion interface of the first folder (that is, the first interface ) is updated to display the expanded interface of the second folder (ie, the second interface). Further, the user may check whether the icon of the target application is in the expansion interface of the second folder.

In the embodiment of the present invention, according to the method described in the above step 200 and step 201, the terminal device can quickly update and display the expansion interface of one folder as the expansion interface of another folder, so that the expansion interface of each folder can be realized The display is updated in sequence, avoiding the process of returning to the desktop, so that the efficiency of finding the target application icon from multiple folders can be improved.

It should be noted that the user may trigger the terminal device to update the first interface to the second interface through different first inputs (eg, sliding input, click input, etc.). The above steps in the embodiment of the present invention are exemplarily described below by taking the first input as a sliding input (that is, the first implementation described below) and the first input as a click input (that is, the second implementation described below) as examples. specific display method.

first implementation

In the first implementation manner, after the user inputs the folder icon used to indicate the first folder, the terminal device may display the first target page, and the first target page may include multiple interfaces, and the multiple interfaces Each interface of is used to indicate a folder, and the multiple interfaces include the above-mentioned first interface and the second interface, and the above-mentioned first interface is located in the target area of the first target page (hereinafter the interface located in the target area The corresponding folder is called the current folder, and the folder to be switched is called the candidate folder). For ease of understanding, an exemplary description will be made below in conjunction with FIG. 4A .

As shown in FIG. 4A , the terminal device currently displays a first target page 40, and the first target page 40 displays a first expansion interface 41 of a first folder (such as a "tool" folder) and an expansion interface of candidate folders. 42, 43. As shown in FIG. 4A, the first expansion interface 41 of the first folder is displayed in the target area 44 (such as the middle area) of the first target page, and the expansion interfaces 42, 43 of other folders are schematically displayed on the first target page. other areas of the page so that users can visually see the expanded interface for folders located in the target area.

Optionally, in the first implementation manner, the terminal device may determine the candidate folder according to at least one of the following: the position of the screen where the current folder is located (such as the third position in the second line of the first screen of the terminal device) ); how often the user uses the apps in the folder. The terminal device may perform sorting on all folders except the current folder, for example, the closer the distance to the first folder and the higher the frequency of use by the user, the higher the sorting will be. The terminal device can select the folder with the top two ranks as the candidate folder of the current folder.

Wherein, the size, shape, and position on the display screen of the above-mentioned target area can be specifically determined according to actual usage requirements, and are not limited in this embodiment of the present invention.

It should be noted that, after the user inputs the folder icon used to indicate the first folder, the terminal device directly displays the first target page as an example. It can be understood that the embodiments of the present invention include but are not limited to The above method, for example, the embodiment of the present invention may also include the following method: after the user inputs the folder icon used to indicate the first folder, the terminal device displays the first expanded interface of the first folder. In this case, if If the user inputs at any position on the display screen, the terminal device can simultaneously display the first expansion interface of the first folder and the expansion interfaces of other folders, thus calling out the first target page.

In the first implementation manner, the above-mentioned first input may be an input related to input parameters on the first target page, wherein the input parameters on the first target page may include at least one of the following: The input direction on , the input track length on the first target page, and the input time on the first target page. That is, the terminal device may trigger updating of the first interface to the second interface according to at least one of the input direction, input track length, and input time on the first target page. It can be understood that the above-mentioned input parameters are only exemplary enumerations, and may be specifically determined according to actual usage requirements, and are not limited in this embodiment of the present invention.

Exemplarily, taking the first input as an input related to the input direction on the first target page as an example, the first input may be an input in which the user slides on the first target page in a direction toward the second interface. Certainly, the above-mentioned first input may also be an input in which the user slides in any other possible direction on the first target page. Specifically, it may be determined according to actual usage requirements, and is not limited in this embodiment of the present invention. Exemplarily, as shown in FIG. 4A , the first input may be an input in which the user slides up or down in the direction indicated by the arrow on the first target page 40 .

In the first implementation manner, the above step 201 may specifically be implemented through the following step 201a.

Step 201a, the terminal device updates the first interface displayed in the target area to the second interface in response to the first input, and the second interface is an expansion interface of the second folder.

As shown in Figure 4A, if the user slides down the input (i.e. the first input) in the direction indicated by the arrow on the first target page 40, then as shown in Figure 4B, the terminal device responds to the first input and sets the target The first interface 41 displayed in the area 40 (for example, the expanded interface of the "Tools" folder) is updated to the second interface 42 (eg, the expanded interface of the "Frequently Used" folder).

Through this solution, the expansion interface of each folder can be displayed at the same time, and the expansion interface of a certain folder is highlighted in the target area. After the user slides up or down on the display screen to enter, the expansion interface of different folders can be switched. The interface is highlighted in the target area, so that the expanded interfaces of multiple folders in the terminal device can be quickly switched and displayed, thereby improving the efficiency of searching for target application icons in multiple folders.

Second implementation

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, before updating the first interface to the second interface, the terminal device may determine the target arrangement order according to at least one of the display position of the folder on the desktop and the frequency of use of the folder , the target arrangement order is used to indicate the arrangement order of the above-mentioned multiple interfaces on the first target page.

In the second implementation manner, after the user inputs the folder icon used to indicate the first folder, the terminal device may display a first interface, the first interface includes at least one manipulation control, and each manipulation control is used to trigger Two interfaces in the plurality of interfaces are switched based on the above-mentioned target arrangement order. In this case, the above-mentioned first input is an input (for example, click input) to one of the at least one manipulation control. For ease of understanding, an exemplary description will be made below in conjunction with FIG. 5 .

As shown in (a) of FIG. 5 , the terminal device displays a first interface 50 (for example, an expanded interface of the “Tools” folder), and the first interface 50 includes an upward manipulation control 51 and a downward manipulation control 52 .

As shown in (a) in FIG. 5, if the user clicks the downward manipulation control 52, as shown in (b) in FIG. The folder expansion interface) is updated to the second interface 53 (the expansion interface of the "commonly used" folder). Wherein, the second interface 53 may also include an upward manipulation control and a downward manipulation control.

Through this solution, a control control for switching is provided on the expansion interface of each folder, and the terminal device can switch and display the expansion interfaces of different folders in response to the user's input on the control control, so that the user can switch quickly. The expanded interface of multiple folders in the terminal device is displayed, so that the efficiency of finding target application icons in multiple folders can be improved.

In the embodiments of the present invention, the foregoing two implementation manners are used as examples for illustration. It can be understood that the embodiments of the present invention include but are not limited to the above implementation manners, which can be determined according to actual usage requirements, and are not limited by the embodiments of the present invention.

The folder interface switching method provided by the embodiment of the present invention can receive the user's first input on the first interface, the first interface is the first expanded interface of the first folder, and the first expanded interface is displayed in a partially expanded form Or display in an expanded form; and in response to the first input, update the first interface to a second interface, the second interface is the expanded interface of the second folder, the first folder and the second folder It is a folder on the desktop of the terminal device. Through this solution, after the user opens the expansion interface of a certain folder, if the target application icon is not found, he can directly input on the current interface to trigger switching from the expansion interface of the current folder to the expansion interface of another folder , so that the terminal device can quickly switch and display the expansion interface of each folder in the terminal device, which is convenient for the user to find the target application icon, thereby improving the efficiency of searching for the target application icon in multiple folders.

Optionally, as shown in FIG. 6 , the folder interface switching method provided by the embodiment of the present invention may further include the following steps 202 - 205 .

Step 202, the terminal device receives a second input from the user on the first target interface.

Wherein, the first target interface may be an expanded interface of any folder on the desktop interface of the terminal device (for example, the first interface or the second interface mentioned above), which may be determined according to actual usage requirements, and is not limited in this embodiment of the present invention.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned second input may be an operation of the user touching a preset first time on the first target interface. For example, the second input may be an operation that the user presses and holds on the display screen of the terminal device (that is, the user presses the display screen of the terminal device for the first time), or it may be an operation that the user slides on the display screen of the terminal device (that is, The operation that the user slides on the display screen of the terminal device for the first time) can also be the operation that the user presses again on the display screen of the terminal device (that is, the user presses the display screen of the terminal device with a certain amount of pressure) for the first time and any other operation that can realize the first time the user touches the display screen of the terminal device, which can be determined according to actual usage requirements, and is not limited by the embodiment of the present invention.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned first time may be 3 seconds (S), 5S, or any other time that meets actual usage requirements, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present invention. The above-mentioned certain numerical value may be any numerical value that satisfies actual usage requirements, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present invention.

Step 203, the terminal device updates the first target interface to a third interface in response to the second input, and the third interface includes at least one folder icon in the terminal device.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the above at least one folder icon may be a part of folder icons on the desktop of the terminal device, or may be all folder icons on the desktop of the terminal device, which may be determined according to actual usage requirements. The embodiments of the invention are not limited.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the terminal device may switch the expanded interface of the currently displayed folder to an interface including multiple folder icons in response to the second input; when the terminal device displays multiple folder icons, the user may Quickly find the target folder icon from an interface displaying multiple folder icons.

Step 204, the terminal device receives a third input from the user, where the third input is an input to the icon of the target folder in the third interface.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the third input of the above-mentioned user may be a click input (for example, single-click input or double-click input) on the icon of the target folder, or any other possible form of input, which may be based on actual conditions. The use requirements are determined, and the embodiments of the present invention are not limited.

Step 205, the terminal device updates the third interface to a fourth interface in response to the third input, where the fourth interface is an expansion interface of the folder indicated by the icon of the target folder.

In the embodiment of the present invention, when the terminal device displays multiple folder icons, if the user clicks the target folder icon from the multiple folder icons, the terminal device can update the third interface to the target folder icon The expanded screen for the indicated folder.

It should be noted that, referring to FIG. 2 and FIG. 6 , assuming that the above-mentioned first target interface is the second interface, the terminal device may perform the above-mentioned steps 202 to 205 after the above-mentioned step 201 .

For ease of understanding, an exemplary description is given below in conjunction with FIGS. 7A-7C .

As shown in FIG. 7A , the terminal device displays a first target interface 60 (for example, an expanded interface of the "A" folder). If the user inputs on the first target interface 60, as shown in FIG. 7B, the terminal device may update the first target interface 60 to a third interface 61, and the third interface 61 includes a plurality of folder icons, such as " Folder icon for the "A" folder, folder icon for the "B" folder... folder icon for the "I" folder, etc. If the user selects the target folder icon (such as the folder icon of the "G" folder) from the third interface 61, then as shown in FIG. 7C, the terminal device can update the third interface 61 to a fourth interface 72 (such as " G" folder expansion interface).

Through this solution, the terminal device can switch and display the expanded interface of the currently displayed folder to an interface including multiple folder icons in response to the user's input on the expanded interface of the currently displayed folder, so that the terminal device can be quickly displayed With multiple folder icons in , the user can quickly find the target folder icon from multiple folder icons, thereby improving the efficiency of finding the target folder icon.

Optionally, referring to FIG. 2 , as shown in FIG. 8 , before the above step 200 , the folder interface switching method provided by the embodiment of the present invention may further include the following steps 206 - 207 .

Step 206, the terminal device receives a fourth input from the user on the second target interface.

Wherein, the second target interface may be a desktop interface of the terminal device, or may be an expansion interface of any folder in the desktop interface, which may be determined according to actual usage requirements, and is not limited in the embodiment of the present invention.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, the fourth input of the above-mentioned user may be a long-press input on the second target interface, or a heavy-press input, or any other possible form of input. The use requirements are determined, and the embodiments of the present invention are not limited.

Step 207, the terminal device updates the second target interface to a second target page in response to the fourth input, where the second target page includes at least one second expanded interface displayed in a partially expanded form.

Wherein, each second expanded interface is used to indicate a folder, and at least one application icon is displayed in each second expanded interface, and the at least one second expanded interface includes the above-mentioned first interface, that is, the first folder of the above-mentioned first folder. An expansion interface is one of the at least one second expansion interface.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned at least one application icon may be the icons of the N application programs with the highest frequency of use in the folder, or may be the top N icons in the folder (N is a positive integer), or It can be any other icon that satisfies actual usage requirements, and can be specifically determined according to actual usage requirements, and is not limited in this embodiment of the present invention.

Exemplarily, taking at least one of the above application icons as the icon of the most frequently used application program as an example, the application icon frequently clicked by the user may be displayed in the thumbnail of each folder, so that the user can intuitively find the frequently used application icon , thereby improving the efficiency of finding the target application icon in multiple folders.

In this embodiment of the present invention, in response to the fourth input, the terminal device may switch the expansion interface of the currently displayed folder to include multiple second expansion interfaces displayed in a partially expanded form, and each second expansion interface displays At least one application icon; when the terminal device displays multiple second expanded interfaces, the user can quickly find the target application icon from the displayed multiple second expanded interfaces.

Further, the user may input the target application icon, and the terminal device may update the second target page to a fifth interface in response to the input, and the fifth interface is the running interface of the application program indicated by the target application icon.

For ease of understanding, an exemplary description will be made below in conjunction with FIG. 9 .

As shown in (a) of FIG. 9 , the terminal device displays a second target interface 80 (for example, an expanded interface of the "A" folder). If the user inputs on the second target interface 80, as shown in (b) in FIG. 9, the terminal device can update the second target interface 80 to a second target page 81, which includes At least one second expanded interface displayed in a partially expanded form, such as the expanded interface 82 of the "A" folder, the expanded interface 83 of the "B" folder, and the expanded interface 84 of the "C" folder, and these expanded pages are all in the form of partial displayed in expanded form. Three application icons are displayed in the expansion interface 82 of the "A" folder, and these application icons may be the icons of the three most frequently used application programs in the "A" folder; similarly, in the expansion interface 83 of the "B" folder Two application icons are displayed, and three application icons are displayed on the expanded interface 84 of the "C" folder, and these application icons may be the icons of the most frequently used application programs in the "B" folder and the "C" folder respectively. Further, if the user clicks the "a" application icon from the expanded interface 82 of the "A" folder, the terminal device may display the running interface of the application program indicated by the "a" application icon.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, if the user inputs (for example, sliding input, clicking input, etc.) on the second target page, the terminal device may update and display the content in the second target page. Assume that three second expanded interfaces displayed in a partially expanded form can be displayed on the second target page, and each second expanded interface displays at most three application icons. As shown in (a) in Figure 10, if the user slides input along the direction shown by the arrow on the second target page 81, as shown in (b) in Figure 10, the terminal device can display the second target page 81 The second expansion interface 82, the second expansion interface 83, and the second expansion interface 84 are updated and displayed as the second expansion interface 83, the second expansion interface 84, and the second expansion interface 85, so that at least one of the above-mentioned second expansion interfaces can be displayed in a loop .

Through this solution, the terminal device can respond to the user's input on the currently displayed expansion interface of a certain folder, and switch and display the expansion interface of a certain folder currently displayed as a partially expanded form of multiple folders. Expand the interface, so that multiple application icons (such as common application icons) in the terminal device can be quickly displayed, and users can quickly find the target application icon from multiple application icons, which can improve the search for target application icons in multiple folders s efficiency.

Optionally, referring to FIG. 8 , as shown in FIG. 11 , after the above step 207 , the folder interface switching method provided by the embodiment of the present invention may further include the following steps 208 - 209 .

Step 208, the terminal device receives a fifth input from the user, where the fifth input is an input to a target expansion interface in at least one second expansion interface.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, the fifth input of the above-mentioned user may be a click input (for example, single-click input or double-click input) on the target expansion interface, or a long-press input on the target expansion interface, or Input in any other possible form may be specifically determined according to actual usage requirements, and is not limited in this embodiment of the present invention.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned target expansion interface may include an expansion control, which is used to trigger updating the target expansion interface displayed in a partially expanded form (in which only some icons in the folder are displayed) to be fully expanded. The third expanded interface displayed in the form (where all the icons in the folder are displayed). In this case, for example, the fifth input may be a user's click input on the expanded control.

Step 209: In response to the fifth input, the terminal device updates the target expansion interface displayed in a partially expanded form to a third expanded interface displayed in a fully expanded form.

In the embodiment of the present invention, assuming that the target expansion interface displayed in a partially expanded form is the first expanded interface of the above-mentioned first folder (that is, the above-mentioned first interface), then the updated third expanded interface displayed in a fully expanded form is also It is also the first expanded interface of the first folder, that is to say, the first expanded interface of the first folder may be displayed in a partially expanded form or displayed in a fully expanded form.

In this embodiment of the present invention, after the user makes a fifth input to the expansion interface displayed in a partially expanded form of a folder, the terminal device may update the expanded interface displayed in a partially expanded form to the third expanded interface displayed in a fully expanded form. interface, so as to quickly display all application icons in the folder. In this way, various application icons in the folder can be quickly switched and displayed, thereby improving the efficiency of finding the target application icon. For ease of understanding, an exemplary description will be made below in conjunction with FIG. 12 .

As shown in (a) in FIG. 12 , the terminal device displays a second target page 81, and each second expansion interface displayed in a partially expanded form in the second target page 81 (such as the second expansion of the "A" folder An expansion control 86 is included on the interface 82). If the user clicks on the expansion control 86, as shown in (b) in FIG. Expand the interface 87 . Optionally, as shown in (b) in FIG. 12 , the third expanded interface 87 may include a restoration control 88, which is used to trigger the restoration of the third expanded interface 87 displayed in a fully expanded form to be displayed in a partially expanded form. The second expansion interface 82 of .

As shown in FIG. 13 , an embodiment of the present invention provides a terminal device 700 , and the terminal device 700 may include a receiving module 701 and a display module 702 . The receiving module 701 is configured to receive a first input from a user on a first interface, the first interface is a first expansion interface of the first folder, and the first expansion interface may be displayed in a partially expanded form or in a fully expanded form. The display module 702 is configured to, in response to the first input received by the receiving module 701, update the first interface to a second interface, the second interface is an expansion interface of the second folder, and the first folder and the second The folder is a folder on the desktop of the terminal device.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned first interface may be an interface displayed in the target area of the target page, the first target page includes multiple interfaces, each of the multiple interfaces is used for A folder is indicated, the multiple interfaces include the second interface, and the first input is an input related to input parameters on the first target page. In this case, the display module 702 is specifically configured to update the first interface displayed in the target area to the second interface.

Optionally, referring to FIG. 13 , as shown in FIG. 14 , the terminal device 700 provided in this embodiment of the present invention may further include a determination module 703 . The determining module 703 is configured to determine a target arrangement order according to at least one of the display position of the folder on the desktop and the frequency of use of the folder before the display module 702 updates the first interface to the second interface, and the target arrangement order It is used to indicate the arrangement sequence of the multiple interfaces on the first target page.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned first interface may further include at least one manipulation control, and each manipulation control is used to trigger switching of two interfaces in the above-mentioned plurality of interfaces based on the above-mentioned target arrangement order. In this case, the above-mentioned first input may be a user's input to one of the at least one manipulation control.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the receiving module 701 is further configured to receive a second input from the user on the first target interface, and the first target interface may be the above-mentioned first interface or the above-mentioned second interface. The display module 702 is further configured to update the first target interface to a third interface in response to the second input received by the receiving module 701 , where the third interface includes at least one folder icon in the terminal device 700 . The receiving module 701 is further configured to receive a third input from the user, the third input being an input to the target folder icon in the third interface displayed by the display module 702 . The display module 702 is further configured to, in response to the third input received by the receiving module 701, update the third interface to a fourth interface, where the fourth interface is an expansion interface of the folder indicated by the icon of the target folder.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the receiving module 701 is further configured to receive a fourth input from the user on the second target interface before receiving the first input from the user on the first interface. The display module 702 is further configured to update the second target interface to a second target page in response to the fourth input received by the receiving module 701, and the second target page includes at least one second expanded interface displayed in a partially expanded form , each second expanded interface is used to indicate a folder, each second expanded interface displays at least one application icon, and the at least one second expanded interface includes the above-mentioned first interface.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the receiving module 701 is further configured to receive a fifth input from the user after the display module 702 updates the second target interface to the second target page, and the fifth input is a response to the above-mentioned at least one first target page. The input of the target expansion interface in the second expansion interface. The display module 702 is further configured to, in response to the fifth input received by the receiving module 701, update the target expansion interface displayed in a partially expanded form to a third expanded interface displayed in a fully expanded form.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, the at least one application icon is the icon of the N most frequently used application programs, or the at least one application icon is the top N icons in the folder, and N is a positive integer.

The terminal device provided by the embodiment of the present invention can implement various processes implemented by the terminal device in the foregoing method embodiments, and to avoid repetition, details are not repeated here.

The terminal device provided by the embodiment of the present invention can receive the first input from the user on the first interface, the first interface is the first expansion interface of the first folder, and the first expansion interface is displayed in a partially expanded form or in a fully expanded form. Display in expanded form; and in response to the first input, update the first interface to a second interface, the second interface is the expanded interface of the second folder, and the first folder and the second folder are terminal devices folders on the desktop. Through this solution, after the user opens the expansion interface of a certain folder, if the target application icon is not found, he can directly input on the current interface to trigger switching from the expansion interface of the current folder to the expansion interface of another folder , so that the terminal device can quickly switch and display the expansion interface of each folder in the terminal device, which is convenient for the user to find the target application icon, thereby improving the efficiency of searching for the target application icon in multiple folders.

FIG. 15 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of a terminal device implementing various embodiments of the present invention. As shown in Figure 15, the terminal device 800 includes, but is not limited to: a radio frequency unit 801, a network module 802, an audio output unit 803, an input unit 804, a sensor 805, a display unit 806, a user input unit 807, an interface unit 808, and a memory 809 , processor 810, and power supply 811 and other components. Those skilled in the art can understand that the terminal device structure shown in Figure 15 does not constitute a limitation on the terminal device, and the terminal device may include more or less components than shown in the figure, or combine some components, or different components layout. In the embodiment of the present invention, the terminal devices include, but are not limited to, mobile phones, tablet computers, notebook computers, palmtop computers, vehicle-mounted terminals, wearable devices, and pedometers.

Wherein, the processor 810 is configured to control the user input unit 807 to receive the first input from the user on the first interface, the first interface is the first expansion interface of the first folder, and the first expansion interface is displayed in a partially expanded form Or displayed in an expanded form; in response to the first input received by the user input unit 807, the control display unit 806 updates the first interface to a second interface, the second interface is the expansion interface of the second folder, and the second interface The first folder and the second folder are folders on the desktop of the terminal device.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a terminal device, the terminal device can receive the first input from the user on the first interface, the first interface is the first expanded interface of the first folder, and the first expanded interface is partially expanded displaying or displaying in an expanded form; and in response to the first input, updating the first interface to a second interface, the second interface being the expansion interface of the second folder, the first folder and the second file The folder is a folder on the desktop of the terminal device. Through this solution, after the user opens the expansion interface of a certain folder, if the target application icon is not found, he can directly input on the current interface to trigger switching from the expansion interface of the current folder to the expansion interface of another folder , so that the terminal device can quickly switch and display the expansion interface of each folder in the terminal device, which is convenient for the user to find the target application icon, thereby improving the efficiency of searching for the target application icon in multiple folders.

It should be understood that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the radio frequency unit 801 can be used for receiving and sending signals during sending and receiving information or during a call. Specifically, after receiving the downlink data from the base station, the processor 810 processes it; Uplink data is sent to the base station. Generally, the radio frequency unit 801 includes, but is not limited to, an antenna, at least one amplifier, a transceiver, a coupler, a low noise amplifier, a duplexer, and the like. In addition, the radio frequency unit 801 can also communicate with the network and other devices through a wireless communication system.

The terminal device 800 provides users with wireless broadband Internet access through the network module 802, such as helping users send and receive emails, browse web pages, and access streaming media.

The audio output unit 803 may convert audio data received by the radio frequency unit 801 or the network module 802 or stored in the memory 809 into an audio signal and output as sound. Also, the audio output unit 803 may also provide audio output related to a specific function performed by the terminal device 800 (for example, call signal reception sound, message reception sound, etc.). The audio output unit 803 includes a speaker, a buzzer, a receiver, and the like.

The input unit 804 is used for receiving audio or video signals. The input unit 804 may include a graphics processing unit (graphics processing unit, GPU) 8041 and a microphone 8042, and the graphics processing unit 8041 is used for still pictures or video images obtained by an image capture device (such as a camera) in a video capture mode or an image capture mode. The data is processed. The processed image frames may be displayed on the display unit 806 . The image frames processed by the graphics processor 8041 may be stored in the memory 809 (or other storage media) or sent via the radio frequency unit 801 or the network module 802 . The microphone 8042 can receive sound, and can process such sound into audio data. The processed audio data can be converted into a format that can be sent to a mobile communication base station via the radio frequency unit 801 for output in the case of a phone call mode.

The terminal device 800 also includes at least one sensor 805, such as a light sensor, a motion sensor, and other sensors. Specifically, the light sensor includes an ambient light sensor and a proximity sensor, wherein the ambient light sensor can adjust the brightness of the display panel 8061 according to the brightness of the ambient light, and the proximity sensor can turn off the display panel 8061 and the / or backlighting. As a kind of motion sensor, the accelerometer sensor can detect the magnitude of acceleration in various directions (generally three axes), and can detect the magnitude and direction of gravity when it is stationary, and can be used to identify the posture of terminal equipment (such as horizontal and vertical screen switching, related games) , magnetometer posture calibration), vibration recognition-related functions (such as pedometer, knocking), etc.; the sensor 805 can also include fingerprint sensors, pressure sensors, iris sensors, molecular sensors, gyroscopes, barometers, hygrometers, thermometers, Infrared sensors, etc., will not be repeated here.

The display unit 806 is used to display information input by the user or information provided to the user. The display unit 806 may include a display panel 8061, and the display panel 8061 may be configured in the form of a liquid crystal display (liquid crystal display, LCD), an organic light-emitting diode (organic light-emitting diode, OLED), or the like.

The user input unit 807 can be used to receive input numbers or character information, and generate key signal input related to user settings and function control of the terminal device. Specifically, the user input unit 807 includes a touch panel 8071 and other input devices 8072 . The touch panel 8071, also referred to as a touch screen, can collect touch operations of the user on or near it (for example, the user uses any suitable object or accessory such as a finger or a stylus on the touch panel 8071 or near the touch panel 8071). operate). The touch panel 8071 may include two parts, a touch detection device and a touch controller. Among them, the touch detection device detects the user's touch orientation, detects the signal brought by the touch operation, and transmits the signal to the touch controller; the touch controller receives the touch information from the touch detection device, converts it into contact coordinates, and sends it to For the processor 810, receive the command sent by the processor 810 and execute it. In addition, the touch panel 8071 can be implemented in various types such as resistive, capacitive, infrared, and surface acoustic wave. In addition to the touch panel 8071 , the user input unit 807 may also include other input devices 8072 . Specifically, other input devices 8072 may include, but are not limited to, physical keyboards, function keys (such as volume control keys, switch keys, etc.), trackballs, mice, and joysticks, which will not be repeated here.

Furthermore, the touch panel 8071 can be covered on the display panel 8061, and when the touch panel 8071 detects a touch operation on or near it, it will be sent to the processor 810 to determine the type of the touch event, and then the processor 810 will The type of event provides a corresponding visual output on the display panel 8061. Although in FIG. 15, the touch panel 8071 and the display panel 8061 are used as two independent components to realize the input and output functions of the terminal device, in some embodiments, the touch panel 8071 and the display panel 8061 can be integrated. The implementation of the input and output functions of the terminal device is not specifically limited here.

The interface unit 808 is an interface for connecting an external device to the terminal device 800 . For example, an external device may include a wired or wireless headset port, an external power (or battery charger) port, a wired or wireless data port, a memory card port, a port for connecting a device with an identification module, audio input/output (I/O) ports, video I/O ports, headphone ports, and more. The interface unit 808 can be used to receive input from an external device (for example, data information, power, etc.) transfer data between devices.

The memory 809 can be used to store software programs as well as various data. The memory 809 can mainly include a program storage area and a data storage area, wherein the program storage area can store an operating system, at least one application program required by a function (such as a sound playback function, an image playback function, etc.); Data created by the use of mobile phones (such as audio data, phonebook, etc.), etc. In addition, the memory 809 may include a high-speed random access memory, and may also include a non-volatile memory, such as at least one magnetic disk storage device, flash memory device, or other volatile solid-state storage devices.

The processor 810 is the control center of the terminal equipment, and uses various interfaces and lines to connect various parts of the entire terminal equipment, by running or executing software programs and/or modules stored in the memory 809, and calling data stored in the memory 809 , execute various functions of the terminal equipment and process data, so as to monitor the terminal equipment as a whole. The processor 810 may include one or more processing units; optionally, the processor 810 may integrate an application processor and a modem processor, wherein the application processor mainly processes the operating system, user interface and application programs, etc., and the modem The tuner processor mainly handles wireless communication. It can be understood that the foregoing modem processor may not be integrated into the processor 810 .

The terminal device 800 may also include a power supply 811 (such as a battery) for supplying power to various components. Optionally, the power supply 811 may be logically connected to the processor 810 through a power management system, so as to manage charging, discharging, and power consumption through the power management system. Management and other functions.

In addition, the terminal device 800 includes some functional modules not shown, which will not be repeated here.

Optionally, this embodiment of the present invention also provides a terminal device, including a processor 810 as shown in FIG. When executed, the processor 810 implements each process of the above folder interface switching method embodiment, and can achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, details are not repeated here.

The embodiment of the present invention also provides a computer-readable storage medium. A computer program is stored on the computer-readable storage medium. When the computer program is executed by a processor, each process of the above-mentioned embodiment of the folder interface switching method can be realized, and the same can be achieved. To avoid repetition, the technical effects will not be repeated here. Wherein, the computer-readable storage medium may include a read-only memory (read-only memory, ROM), a random access memory (random access memory, RAM), a magnetic disk or an optical disk, and the like.

It should be noted that, in this document, the term "comprising", "comprising" or any other variation thereof is intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion such that a process, method, article or apparatus comprising a set of elements includes not only those elements, It also includes other elements not expressly listed, or elements inherent in the process, method, article, or device. Without further limitations, an element defined by the phrase "comprising a ..." does not preclude the presence of additional identical elements in the process, method, article, or apparatus comprising that element.

Through the description of the above embodiments, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that the methods of the above embodiments can be implemented by means of software plus a necessary general-purpose hardware platform, and of course also by hardware, but in many cases the former is better implementation. Based on such an understanding, the essence of the technical solution of the present invention or the part that contributes to the prior art can be embodied in the form of software products, and the computer software products are stored in a storage medium (such as ROM/RAM, disk, CD) contains several instructions to make a terminal device (which may be a mobile phone, a computer, a server, an air conditioner, or a network device, etc.) execute the methods disclosed in various embodiments of the present invention.

Embodiments of the present invention have been described above in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned specific implementations, and the above-mentioned specific implementations are only illustrative, rather than restrictive, and those of ordinary skill in the art will Under the enlightenment of the present invention, without departing from the gist of the present invention and the protection scope of the claims, many forms can also be made, all of which belong to the protection of the present invention.

Claims (18)

1. A folder interface switching method applied to a terminal device, characterized in that the method comprises: receiving a first input from a user on a first interface, the first interface is a first expansion interface of a first folder, and the first expansion interface is displayed in a partially expanded form or displayed in a fully expanded form; In response to the first input, updating the first interface to a second interface, the second interface is an expansion interface of a second folder, and the first folder and the second folder are the A folder in the desktop of the terminal device. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first interface is an interface displayed in the target area of the first target page, the first target page includes multiple interfaces, and the multiple Each of the interfaces is used to indicate a folder, the multiple interfaces include the second interface, and the first input is an input related to an input parameter on the first target page; The updating the first interface to the second interface includes: updating the first interface displayed in the target area to the second interface. 3. The method according to claim 2, wherein before updating the first interface to the second interface, the method further comprises: According to at least one of the display position of the folder on the desktop and the frequency of use of the folder, determine a target arrangement order, where the target arrangement order is used to indicate the arrangement order of the plurality of interfaces on the first target page . 4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the first interface further comprises at least one manipulation control, each of the manipulation controls is used to trigger switching among the plurality of interfaces based on the target arrangement order two interfaces; the first input is an input to one of the at least one manipulation control. 5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises: receiving a second input from a user on a first target interface, where the first target interface is the first interface or the second interface; In response to the second input, updating the first target interface to a third interface, the third interface including at least one folder icon in the terminal device; receiving a third input from the user, where the third input is an input to the target folder icon in the third interface; In response to the third input, updating the third interface to a fourth interface, where the fourth interface is an expansion interface of the folder indicated by the target folder icon. 6. The method according to claim 1, wherein before receiving the first input from the user on the first interface, the method further comprises: receiving a fourth input from the user on the second target interface; In response to the fourth input, updating the second target interface to a second target page, the second target page includes at least one second expanded interface displayed in a partially expanded form, each of the second expanded The interface is used to indicate a folder, at least one application icon is displayed in each second expanded interface, and the at least one second expanded interface includes the first interface. 7. The method according to claim 6, wherein after updating the second target interface to a second target page, the method further comprises: receiving a fifth input from a user, where the fifth input is an input to a target expansion interface in the at least one second expansion interface; In response to the fifth input, updating the target expanded interface displayed in a partially expanded form to a third expanded interface displayed in a fully expanded form. 8. The method according to claim 6, wherein the at least one application icon is the icon of the N most frequently used application programs, or the at least one application icon is the top N icons in the folder, N is a positive integer. 9. A terminal device, characterized in that the terminal device includes a receiving module and a display module; The receiving module is configured to receive the user's first input on the first interface, the first interface is the first expansion interface of the first folder, and the first expansion interface is displayed in a partially expanded form or fully expanded form display; The display module is configured to update the first interface to a second interface in response to the first input received by the receiving module, the second interface is an expansion interface of a second folder, and the second interface The first folder and the second folder are folders on the desktop of the terminal device. 10. The terminal device according to claim 9, wherein the first interface is an interface displayed in a target area on the first target page, and the first target page includes a plurality of interfaces, the Each interface in a plurality of interfaces is used to indicate a folder, the plurality of interfaces includes the second interface, and the first input is an input related to an input parameter on the first target page; The display module is specifically configured to update the first interface displayed in the target area to the second interface. 11. The terminal device according to claim 10, further comprising a determination module; The determination module is configured to determine the target arrangement order according to at least one of the display position of the folder on the desktop and the frequency of use of the folder before the display module updates the first interface to the second interface , the target arrangement order is used to indicate the arrangement order of the multiple interfaces on the first target page. 12. The terminal device according to claim 11, wherein the first interface further includes at least one manipulation control, and each manipulation control is used to trigger switching of the multiple interfaces based on the target arrangement order. Two interfaces; the first input is an input to one of the at least one manipulation control. 13. The terminal device according to claim 9, wherein the receiving module is further configured to receive a second input from the user on the first target interface, the first target interface being the first interface or the second interface; The display module is further configured to update the first target interface to a third interface in response to the second input received by the receiving module, and the third interface includes at least one folder in the terminal device icon; The receiving module is further configured to receive a third input from the user, the third input being an input to the target folder icon in the third interface displayed by the display module; The display module is further configured to update the third interface to a fourth interface in response to the third input received by the receiving module, and the fourth interface is the folder indicated by the target folder icon The expansion interface. 14. The terminal device according to claim 9, wherein the receiving module is further configured to receive a fourth input from the user on the second target interface before receiving the first input from the user on the first interface ; The display module is further configured to update the second target interface to a second target page in response to the fourth input received by the receiving module, and the second target page includes a partially expanded display At least one second expansion interface, each of the second expansion interfaces is used to indicate a folder, each of the second expansion interfaces displays at least one application icon, and the at least one second expansion interface includes the first an interface. 15. The terminal device according to claim 14, wherein the receiving module is further configured to receive a fifth input from the user after the display module updates the second target interface to the second target page , the fifth input is an input to a target expansion interface in the at least one second expansion interface; The display module is further configured to update the target expansion interface displayed in a partially expanded form to a third expanded interface displayed in a fully expanded form in response to the fifth input received by the receiving module. 16. The terminal device according to claim 14, wherein the at least one application icon is the icon of the N most frequently used application programs, or the at least one application icon is the top N icons in the folder, N is a positive integer. 17. A terminal device, characterized by comprising a processor, a memory, and a computer program stored on the memory and operable on the processor, when the computer program is executed by the processor, the The steps of the folder interface switching method described in any one of requirements 1 to 8. 18. A computer-readable storage medium, wherein a computer program is stored on the computer-readable storage medium, and when the computer program is executed by a processor, the file according to any one of claims 1 to 8 is realized The steps of the folder interface switching method.