A display method, comprising: receiving a sliding operation of a user on a screen of a mobile terminal; determining a target response area on the screen of the mobile terminal, in response to the sliding operation; determining a target desktop page corresponding to the target response area from at least one desktop page of the mobile terminal, according to a correspondence relationship of response area and desktop page, wherein each response area corresponds to one desktop page; controlling the screen to display the target desktop page; and displaying, on the screen, prompt information of a desktop page corresponding to a response area; characterized in that the displaying on the screen the prompt information of the desktop page corresponding to the response area comprises: during a sliding process, in the case that the sliding operation touches a response area, displaying, in the touched response area, the prompt information of the desktop page corresponding to the touched response area; wherein the prompt information comprises an application icon on the desktop page, and the controlling the screen to display the target desktop page comprises: determining a stop position of the sliding operation; in the case that the stop position is at the application icon corresponding to the target response area, controlling the screen to display an application program interface corresponding to the application icon; in the case that the stop position is within the target response area and not at the application icon corresponding to the target response area, controlling the screen to display the target desktop page. receiving a sliding operation of a user on a screen of a mobile terminal; determining a target response area on the screen of the mobile terminal, in response to the sliding operation; determining a target desktop page corresponding to the target response area from at least one desktop page of the mobile terminal, according to a correspondence relationship of response area and desktop page, wherein each response area corresponds to one desktop page; controlling the screen to display the target desktop page; and displaying, on the screen, prompt information of a desktop page corresponding to a response area; characterized in that the displaying on the screen the prompt information of the desktop page corresponding to the response area comprises: during a sliding process, in the case that the sliding operation touches a response area, displaying, in the touched response area, the prompt information of the desktop page corresponding to the touched response area; wherein the prompt information comprises an application icon on the desktop page, and the controlling the screen to display the target desktop page comprises: determining a stop position of the sliding operation; in the case that the stop position is at the application icon corresponding to the target response area, controlling the screen to display an application program interface corresponding to the application icon; in the case that the stop position is within the target response area and not at the application icon corresponding to the target response area, controlling the screen to display the target desktop page. <EOS>