The disclosure provides an information processing method and an electronic device. The information processing method includes: acquiring a first file; displaying a first content in a first region in a first display mode, the first content characterizes a first part of a display content of the first file and the first region is a region capable of triggering the display content of the first file to be displayed upon a triggering operation is detected; and displaying a second content in a second region in a second display mode if a first preset condition is satisfied, the second content characterizes a second part of the display content of the first file and the second region is a region capable of triggering the display content of the first file to be displayed upon a triggering operation is detected, the first region is different from the second region.