Accessing content items for meetings through a desktop tray

A computing device comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored therein instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing device to:
• receive a user selection of an interface element located in a persistent user interface, the interface element being a menu item to launch an application linked to a user account of a content management system;
• identify, based on a query to a third-party meeting service, a meeting event associated with the user account;
• cause display, in response to the user selection of the interface element, of the application including a user interface portion pertaining to the meeting event identified based on the query to the third-party meeting service, the user interface portion pertaining to the meeting event including a set of user options for the meeting event, the set of user options comprising an option to create a content item shared with meeting participants for the meeting event from the content management system;
• receive a user selection of the option to create the content item for the meeting event in the user interface portion pertaining to the meeting event that is displayed as a result of interacting with the interface element located in the persistent user interface;
• and
• initiate, in response to the user selection, creation of the content item and synchronize the content item with the content management system.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause a computing device to:

• receive a user selection of an interface element located in a persistent user interface, the interface element being a menu item to launch an application linked to a user account of a content management system;
• identify, based on a query to a third-party meeting service, a meeting event associated with the user account;
• cause display, in response to the user selection of the interface element of the application including a user interface portion pertaining to the meeting event identified based on the query to the third-party meeting service, the user interface portion pertaining to the meeting event including a set of user options for the meeting event, the set of user options comprising an option to access a content item for the meeting event, wherein an indication of whether the content item is shared with meeting participants from the content management system is displayed in the user interface portion pertaining to the meeting event;
• receive a user selection of the option to access the content item for the meeting event in the user interface portion pertaining to the meeting event that is displayed as a result of interacting with the interface element located in the persistent user interface;
• and
• access, in response to the user selection, the content item.