A system and method for providing a preview of a digital photo album is provided. A representation of a digital photo album, which includes plural content items is displayed on an electronic device. An interaction associated with the displayed representation of the digital photo album is detected on the electronic device. A determination of whether the interaction corresponds to a gesture that is maintained for a first threshold distance is made. A preview of the digital photo album is provided for display in response to the determination, where the preview includes one or more of the plural content items included within the digital photo album.