Method and apparatus for displaying keyboard, and terminal device

A method for displaying a keyboard, the method comprising:

• displaying, on a touchscreen of an electronic device, a keyboard having keys arranged according to a first arrangement of the keys, the keys including a first key and a second key such that the first key is displayed at first location on the keyboard and the second key is located at a second location on the keyboard in the first arrangement of the keys;
• before a touching object touches the displayed keyboard on the touchscreen, determining a touch location on the displayed keyboard that the touching object points to;
• determining whether the touch location is within a predefined area on the displayed keyboard, wherein the predefined area comprising the first key and the second key;
• in response to the determination that the touch location is within the predefined area on the displayed keyboard, adjusting the first arrangement of the keys into a second arrangement of the keys;
• displaying the keyboard on the touchscreen according to the second arrangement of the keys, wherein
• in the second arrangement of the keys, the first key is displayed at the second location on the keyboard, and the second key is displayed at the first location on the keyboard;
• and
• wherein before determining the touch location on the displayed keyboard that the touching object points to, the method further comprises:
• obtaining an attribute information type of an input box presented for information input, and when the attribute information type of the input box is of a first type, determining that the to-be-input information is the information of the first type.