Identification of sharing level

A computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to:

• retrieve a first sharing configuration associated with a first content item in a content library, the first sharing configuration specifying a first set of users who are authorized by an owner to access the first content item;
• retrieve a second sharing configuration associated with a second content item in the content library, the second sharing configuration specifying a second set of users who are authorized by the owner to access the second content item;
• set a first sharing state associated with the first content item based on the first sharing configuration, the first sharing state being set from a plurality of sharing states comprising a locked state indicating that a content item is accessible only by the owner, a small semi-locked state indicating that the content item is accessible only by a first number of users less than or equal to a threshold, a large semi-locked state indicating that the content item is accessible only by a second number of users greater than threshold, an enterprise state indicating that the content item is accessible only by employees within an enterprise, and a global state indicating that the content item is publicly accessible;
• set a second sharing state from the plurality of sharing states, the second sharing state associated with the second content item based on the second sharing configuration;
• and
• display a content list containing a plurality of rows, a plurality of columns, and a plurality of elements, the plurality of rows including a first row corresponding to the first content item and a second row corresponding to the second content item, the plurality of columns including a sharing hint column, the plurality of elements including a first element and a second element, the first element arranged under the sharing hint column on the first row and containing a first sharing icon corresponding to the first sharing state, the second element arranged under the sharing hint column on the second row and containing a second sharing icon corresponding to the second sharing state.

A computer system, comprising:

• a processor;
• a memory communicatively coupled to the processor;
• and
• a program module which executes in the processor from the memory and which, when executed by the processor, causes the computer system to:
• retrieve a first sharing configuration associated with a first content item in a content library, the first sharing configuration specifying a first set of users who are authorized by an owner to access the first content item,
• retrieve a second sharing configuration associated with a second content item in the content library, the second sharing configuration specifying a second set of users who are authorized by the owner to access the second content item,
• set a first sharing state associated with the first content item based on the first sharing configuration,
• set a second sharing state associated with the second content item based on the second sharing configuration, and
• display a content list containing a plurality of rows, a plurality of columns, and a plurality of elements, the plurality of rows including a first row corresponding to the first content item and a second row corresponding to the second content item, the plurality of columns including a sharing hint column, the plurality of elements including a first element and a second element, the first element arranged under the sharing hint column on the first row and containing a first sharing icon corresponding to the first sharing state, the first sharing icon comprising a numeric indicator arranged adjacent to or partially overlapping the first sharing icon, the numeric indicator specifying a quantity of the first set of users, the second element arranged under the sharing hint column on the second row and containing a second sharing icon corresponding to the second sharing state.