diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/components/Collections/GalleryBarAndListHeader.tsx b/web/apps/photos/src/components/Collections/GalleryBarAndListHeader.tsx
index 96b36a5a02..48e32abce6 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/components/Collections/GalleryBarAndListHeader.tsx
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/components/Collections/GalleryBarAndListHeader.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import {
     CollectionShare,
     type CollectionShareProps,
 } from "components/Collections/CollectionShare";
-import type { TimeStampListItem } from "components/FileList";
+import type { FileListHeaderOrFooter } from "components/FileList";
 import { useModalVisibility } from "ente-base/components/utils/modal";
 import {
     isSaveCancelled,
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ type GalleryBarAndListHeaderProps = Omit<
     barCollectionSummaries: CollectionSummaries;
     activeCollection: Collection;
     setActiveCollectionID: (collectionID: number) => void;
-    setPhotoListHeader: (value: TimeStampListItem) => void;
+    setFileListHeader: (header: FileListHeaderOrFooter) => void;
     saveGroups: SaveGroup[];
 } & Pick<CollectionHeaderProps, "onRemotePull" | "onAddSaveGroup"> &
     Pick<
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ type GalleryBarAndListHeaderProps = Omit<
  * of the actual list of items.
  *
  * These are disparate views - indeed, the list header is not even a child of
- * this component but is instead proxied via {@link setPhotoListHeader}. Still,
+ * this component but is instead proxied via {@link setFileListHeader}. Still,
  * having this intermediate wrapper component allows us to move some of the
  * common concerns shared by both the gallery bar and list header (e.g. some
  * dialogs that can be invoked from both places) into this file instead of
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ export const GalleryBarAndListHeader: React.FC<
     onRemotePull,
     onAddSaveGroup,
     onSelectPerson,
-    setPhotoListHeader,
+    setFileListHeader,
 }) => {
     const { show: showAllAlbums, props: allAlbumsVisibilityProps } =
         useModalVisibility();
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ export const GalleryBarAndListHeader: React.FC<
     useEffect(() => {
         if (shouldHide) return;
 
-        setPhotoListHeader({
+        setFileListHeader({
             item:
                 mode != "people" ? (
                     <CollectionHeader
@@ -159,7 +159,6 @@ export const GalleryBarAndListHeader: React.FC<
                 ) : (
                     <></>
                 ),
-            tag: "header",
             height: 68,
         });
     }, [
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/components/FileList.tsx b/web/apps/photos/src/components/FileList.tsx
index cf2314ef3f..7d0737d79c 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/components/FileList.tsx
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/components/FileList.tsx
@@ -53,14 +53,27 @@ const FOOTER_HEIGHT = 90;
 const ALBUM_FOOTER_HEIGHT = 75;
 const ALBUM_FOOTER_HEIGHT_WITH_REFERRAL = 113;
 
-export type FileListItemTag = "header" | "publicAlbumsFooter" | "date" | "file";
+/**
+ * A component with an explicit height suitable for being plugged in as the
+ * {@link header} or {@link footer} of the {@link FileList}.
+ */
+export interface FileListHeaderOrFooter {
+    /**
+     * The component itself.
+     */
+    item: React.ReactNode;
+    /**
+     * The height of the component (in px).
+     */
+    height: number;
+}
 
-export interface TimeStampListItem {
+interface TimeStampListItem {
     /**
      * An optional {@link FileListItemTag} that can be used to identify item
      * types for conditional behaviour.
      */
-    tag?: FileListItemTag;
+    tag?: "date" | "file";
     items?: FileListAnnotatedFile[];
     itemStartIndex?: number;
     date?: string;
@@ -122,6 +135,19 @@ export interface FileListProps {
      * another mode in which the gallery operates.
      */
     modePlus?: GalleryBarMode | "search";
+    /**
+     * An optional component shown before all the items in the list.
+     *
+     * It is not sticky, and scrolls along with the content of the list.
+     */
+    header?: FileListHeaderOrFooter;
+    /**
+     * An optional component shown after all the items in the list.
+     *
+     * It is not sticky, and scrolls along with the content of the list.
+     */
+    footer?: FileListHeaderOrFooter;
+    showAppDownloadBanner?: boolean;
     /**
      * The logged in user, if any.
      *
@@ -130,7 +156,6 @@ export interface FileListProps {
      * omit this prop.
      */
     user?: LocalUser;
-    showAppDownloadBanner?: boolean;
     /**
      * If `true`, then the current listing is showing magic search results.
      */
@@ -157,16 +182,6 @@ export interface FileListProps {
      * omitted when running in the public albums app.
      */
     emailByUserID?: Map<number, string>;
-    /**
-     * An optional {@link TimeStampListItem} shown before all the items in the
-     * list. It is not sticky, and scrolls along with the content of the list.
-     */
-    header?: TimeStampListItem;
-    /**
-     * An optional {@link TimeStampListItem} shown after all the items in the
-     * list. It is not sticky, and scrolls along with the content of the list.
-     */
-    footer?: TimeStampListItem;
     /**
      * Called when the user activates the thumbnail at the given {@link index}.
      *
@@ -185,6 +200,7 @@ export const FileList: React.FC<FileListProps> = ({
     mode,
     modePlus,
     header,
+    footer,
     user,
     annotatedFiles,
     showAppDownloadBanner,
@@ -196,7 +212,6 @@ export const FileList: React.FC<FileListProps> = ({
     activePersonID,
     favoriteFileIDs,
     emailByUserID,
-    footer,
     onItemClick,
 }) => {
     const publicCollectionGalleryContext = useContext(
@@ -385,7 +400,6 @@ export const FileList: React.FC<FileListProps> = ({
     };
 
     const getAppDownloadFooter = (): TimeStampListItem => ({
-        tag: "publicAlbumsFooter",
         height: FOOTER_HEIGHT,
         item: (
             <FooterContainer span={columns}>
@@ -415,7 +429,6 @@ export const FileList: React.FC<FileListProps> = ({
     });
 
     const getAlbumsFooter = (): TimeStampListItem => ({
-        tag: "publicAlbumsFooter",
         height: publicCollectionGalleryContext.referralCode
             ? ALBUM_FOOTER_HEIGHT_WITH_REFERRAL
             : ALBUM_FOOTER_HEIGHT,
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/pages/gallery.tsx b/web/apps/photos/src/pages/gallery.tsx
index 949b6e43a4..7e3d14bc72 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/pages/gallery.tsx
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/pages/gallery.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { IconButton, Stack, Typography } from "@mui/material";
 import { AuthenticateUser } from "components/AuthenticateUser";
 import { GalleryBarAndListHeader } from "components/Collections/GalleryBarAndListHeader";
 import { DownloadStatusNotifications } from "components/DownloadStatusNotifications";
-import { type TimeStampListItem } from "components/FileList";
+import type { FileListHeaderOrFooter } from "components/FileList";
 import { FileListWithViewer } from "components/FileListWithViewer";
 import { FixCreationTime } from "components/FixCreationTime";
 import { Sidebar } from "components/Sidebar";
@@ -180,9 +180,11 @@ const Page: React.FC = () => {
     const [fixCreationTimeFiles, setFixCreationTimeFiles] = useState<
         EnteFile[]
     >([]);
-    // The (non-sticky) header shown at the top of the gallery items.
+    /**
+     * The (non-sticky) header shown at the top of the gallery items.
+     */
     const [fileListHeader, setFileListHeader] = useState<
-        TimeStampListItem | undefined
+        FileListHeaderOrFooter | undefined
     >(undefined);
 
     const [openCollectionSelector, setOpenCollectionSelector] = useState(false);
@@ -409,14 +411,13 @@ const Page: React.FC = () => {
     useEffect(() => {
         if (isInSearchMode && state.searchSuggestion) {
             setFileListHeader({
-                height: 104,
                 item: (
                     <SearchResultsHeader
                         searchSuggestion={state.searchSuggestion}
                         fileCount={state.searchResults?.length ?? 0}
                     />
                 ),
-                tag: "header",
+                height: 104,
             });
         }
     }, [isInSearchMode, state.searchSuggestion, state.searchResults]);
@@ -1072,7 +1073,7 @@ const Page: React.FC = () => {
                     activeCollection,
                     activeCollectionID,
                     activePerson,
-                    setPhotoListHeader: setFileListHeader,
+                    setFileListHeader,
                     saveGroups,
                     onAddSaveGroup,
                 }}
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/pages/shared-albums.tsx b/web/apps/photos/src/pages/shared-albums.tsx
index ac6ffd7759..52a2aabc8e 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/pages/shared-albums.tsx
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/pages/shared-albums.tsx
@@ -398,7 +398,6 @@ export default function PublicCollectionGallery() {
                               }}
                           />
                       ),
-                      tag: "header" as const,
                       height: 68,
                   }
                 : undefined,