And a terminal control method of the terminal

The invention provides a terminal which comprises an area setting unit used for setting at least one centralized control zone on a screen interface of the terminal, an icon display unit used for displaying a specified application icon in a current application icon page in the at least one centralized control zone and a backlight adjustment unit. The backlight adjustment unit is used for displaying the specified application icon in the centralized control zone, adjusting backlight effect of other areas on the centralized control zone and/or the screen interface and enabling the centralized control zone and other areas to perform different display. A terminal control method is further provides. Through the technical scheme, the application icon can be displayed in the area convenient to a user to operate, and the area and the application icon in the area are highlighted through adjustment of the backlight effect so as to be convenient for the user to check and operate.