Method and system for sorting desktop objects

A system for sorting desktop objects, wherein the system comprises:

• a displaying unit, configured to:
• acquire a desktop thumbnail of each desktop screen in a desktop screen set, and collectively display all the acquired desktop thumbnails on a desktop home screen, wherein the desktop screen set comprises at least one desktop screen on a multi-screen desktop, the desktop thumbnail of the desktop screen comprises a desktop object thumbnail that is in a one-to-one correspondence with a desktop object on the desktop screen, and the desktop home screen is any desktop screen on the multi-screen desktop;
• a listening unit, configured to:
• listen to a sequence of tapping operations performed on the desktop thumbnails displayed on the desktop home screen, and determine a tapping location of each tapping operation in the sequence of tapping operations, wherein the tapping location comprises a tapped desktop thumbnail and location coordinates that are of the tapping operation and are in the tapped desktop thumbnail;
• and
• a sorting unit, configured to sort and display, according to the tapping location of each tapping operation in the sequence of tapping operations, desktop objects that are on each desktop screen on the multi-screen desktop.