diff --git a/src/lib.ts b/src/lib.ts
index 7f4e5316..90bf597c 100644
--- a/src/lib.ts
+++ b/src/lib.ts
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ export {MissingAttachmentTile} from "./domain/session/room/timeline/tiles/Missin
 export {SimpleTile} from "./domain/session/room/timeline/tiles/SimpleTile.js";
 
 export {TimelineView} from "./platform/web/ui/session/room/TimelineView";
-export {viewClassForEntry} from "./platform/web/ui/session/room/common";
+export {viewClassForTile} from "./platform/web/ui/session/room/common";
 export type {TileViewConstructor, ViewClassForEntryFn} from "./platform/web/ui/session/room/TimelineView";
 // export timeline tile views
 export {AnnouncementView} from "./platform/web/ui/session/room/timeline/AnnouncementView.js";
diff --git a/src/platform/web/ui/session/room/MessageComposer.js b/src/platform/web/ui/session/room/MessageComposer.js
index 9c67fa9f..7f822d37 100644
--- a/src/platform/web/ui/session/room/MessageComposer.js
+++ b/src/platform/web/ui/session/room/MessageComposer.js
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 import {TemplateView} from "../../general/TemplateView";
 import {Popup} from "../../general/Popup.js";
 import {Menu} from "../../general/Menu.js";
-import {viewClassForEntry} from "./common"
+import {viewClassForTile} from "./common"
 
 export class MessageComposer extends TemplateView {
     constructor(viewModel) {
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ export class MessageComposer extends TemplateView {
         this._focusInput = () => this._input.focus();
         this.value.on("focus", this._focusInput);
         const replyPreview = t.map(vm => vm.replyViewModel, (rvm, t) => {
-            const View = rvm && viewClassForEntry(rvm);
+            const View = rvm && viewClassForTile(rvm);
             if (!View) { return null; }
             return t.div({
                     className: "MessageComposer_replyPreview"
diff --git a/src/platform/web/ui/session/room/RoomView.js b/src/platform/web/ui/session/room/RoomView.js
index 2190f1f1..961be704 100644
--- a/src/platform/web/ui/session/room/RoomView.js
+++ b/src/platform/web/ui/session/room/RoomView.js
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import {TimelineLoadingView} from "./TimelineLoadingView.js";
 import {MessageComposer} from "./MessageComposer.js";
 import {RoomArchivedView} from "./RoomArchivedView.js";
 import {AvatarView} from "../../AvatarView.js";
-import {viewClassForEntry} from "./common";
+import {viewClassForTile} from "./common";
 
 export class RoomView extends TemplateView {
     constructor(options) {
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ export class RoomView extends TemplateView {
                 t.div({className: "RoomView_error"}, vm => vm.error),
                 t.mapView(vm => vm.timelineViewModel, timelineViewModel => {
                     return timelineViewModel ?
-                        new TimelineView(timelineViewModel, viewClassForEntry) :
+                        new TimelineView(timelineViewModel, viewClassForTile) :
                         new TimelineLoadingView(vm);    // vm is just needed for i18n
                 }),
                 t.view(bottomView),
diff --git a/src/platform/web/ui/session/room/TimelineView.ts b/src/platform/web/ui/session/room/TimelineView.ts
index 0c893847..6dd52466 100644
--- a/src/platform/web/ui/session/room/TimelineView.ts
+++ b/src/platform/web/ui/session/room/TimelineView.ts
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ export class TimelineView extends TemplateView<TimelineViewModel> {
     private tilesView?: TilesListView;
     private resizeObserver?: ResizeObserver;
 
-    constructor(vm: TimelineViewModel, private readonly viewClassForEntry: ViewClassForEntryFn) {
+    constructor(vm: TimelineViewModel, private readonly viewClassForTile: ViewClassForEntryFn) {
         super(vm);
     }
 
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ export class TimelineView extends TemplateView<TimelineViewModel> {
             // do initial scroll positioning
             this.restoreScrollPosition();
         });
-        this.tilesView = new TilesListView(vm.tiles, () => this.restoreScrollPosition(), this.viewClassForEntry);
+        this.tilesView = new TilesListView(vm.tiles, () => this.restoreScrollPosition(), this.viewClassForTile);
         const root = t.div({className: "Timeline"}, [
             t.div({
                 className: "Timeline_scroller bottom-aligned-scroll",
@@ -184,12 +184,12 @@ class TilesListView extends ListView<SimpleTile, TileView> {
 
     private onChanged: () => void;
 
-    constructor(tiles: ObservableList<SimpleTile>, onChanged: () => void, private readonly viewClassForEntry: ViewClassForEntryFn) {
+    constructor(tiles: ObservableList<SimpleTile>, onChanged: () => void, private readonly viewClassForTile: ViewClassForEntryFn) {
         super({
             list: tiles,
             onItemClick: (tileView, evt) => tileView.onClick(evt),
         }, entry => {
-            const View = viewClassForEntry(entry);
+            const View = viewClassForTile(entry);
             return new View(entry);
         });
         this.onChanged = onChanged;
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ class TilesListView extends ListView<SimpleTile, TileView> {
 
     onUpdate(index: number, value: SimpleTile, param: any) {
         if (param === "shape") {
-            const ExpectedClass = this.viewClassForEntry(value);
+            const ExpectedClass = this.viewClassForTile(value);
             const child = this.getChildInstanceByIndex(index);
             if (!ExpectedClass || !(child instanceof ExpectedClass)) {
                 // shape was updated, so we need to recreate the tile view,
diff --git a/src/platform/web/ui/session/room/common.ts b/src/platform/web/ui/session/room/common.ts
index 201f14d0..7b62630f 100644
--- a/src/platform/web/ui/session/room/common.ts
+++ b/src/platform/web/ui/session/room/common.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import {SimpleTile} from "../../../../../domain/session/room/timeline/tiles/Simp
 import {GapView} from "./timeline/GapView.js";
 import type {TileViewConstructor, ViewClassForEntryFn} from "./TimelineView";
 
-export function viewClassForEntry(vm: SimpleTile): TileViewConstructor {
+export function viewClassForTile(vm: SimpleTile): TileViewConstructor {
     switch (vm.shape) {
         case "gap":
             return GapView;
diff --git a/src/platform/web/ui/session/room/timeline/ReplyPreviewView.js b/src/platform/web/ui/session/room/timeline/ReplyPreviewView.js
index 3c52fc71..bddcc8fe 100644
--- a/src/platform/web/ui/session/room/timeline/ReplyPreviewView.js
+++ b/src/platform/web/ui/session/room/timeline/ReplyPreviewView.js
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ limitations under the License.
 
 import {renderStaticAvatar} from "../../../avatar";
 import {TemplateView} from "../../../general/TemplateView";
-import {viewClassForEntry} from "../common";
+import {viewClassForTile} from "../common";
 
 export class ReplyPreviewView extends TemplateView {
     render(t, vm) {
-        const viewClass = viewClassForEntry(vm);
+        const viewClass = viewClassForTile(vm);
         if (!viewClass) {
             throw new Error(`Shape ${vm.shape} is unrecognized.`)
         }