diff --git a/Robust.Client.WebView/Cef/WebViewManagerCef.Control.cs b/Robust.Client.WebView/Cef/WebViewManagerCef.Control.cs
index 1b205bee5..9107ee254 100644
--- a/Robust.Client.WebView/Cef/WebViewManagerCef.Control.cs
+++ b/Robust.Client.WebView/Cef/WebViewManagerCef.Control.cs
@@ -162,9 +162,10 @@ namespace Robust.Client.WebView.Cef
                 }
             }
 
+            public bool IsOpen => _data != null;
             public bool IsLoading => _data?.Browser.IsLoading ?? false;
 
-            public void EnteredTree()
+            public void StartBrowser()
             {
                 DebugTools.AssertNull(_data);
 
@@ -195,7 +196,7 @@ namespace Robust.Client.WebView.Cef
                 _data = new LiveData(texture, client, browser, renderer);
             }
 
-            public void ExitedTree()
+            public void CloseBrowser()
             {
                 DebugTools.AssertNotNull(_data);
 
diff --git a/Robust.Client.WebView/Headless/WebViewManagerHeadless.cs b/Robust.Client.WebView/Headless/WebViewManagerHeadless.cs
index 6beb0cd1f..2b2e9641e 100644
--- a/Robust.Client.WebView/Headless/WebViewManagerHeadless.cs
+++ b/Robust.Client.WebView/Headless/WebViewManagerHeadless.cs
@@ -81,11 +81,13 @@ namespace Robust.Client.WebView.Headless
 
         private sealed class WebViewControlImplDummy : DummyBase, IWebViewControlImpl
         {
-            public void EnteredTree()
+            public bool IsOpen => false;
+
+            public void StartBrowser()
             {
             }
 
-            public void ExitedTree()
+            public void CloseBrowser()
             {
             }
 
diff --git a/Robust.Client.WebView/IWebViewControlImpl.cs b/Robust.Client.WebView/IWebViewControlImpl.cs
index 47c182571..a563eb2b7 100644
--- a/Robust.Client.WebView/IWebViewControlImpl.cs
+++ b/Robust.Client.WebView/IWebViewControlImpl.cs
@@ -9,8 +9,10 @@ namespace Robust.Client.WebView
     /// </summary>
     internal interface IWebViewControlImpl : IWebViewControl
     {
-        void EnteredTree();
-        void ExitedTree();
+        public bool IsOpen { get; }
+
+        void StartBrowser();
+        void CloseBrowser();
         void MouseMove(GUIMouseMoveEventArgs args);
         void MouseExited();
         void MouseWheel(GUIMouseWheelEventArgs args);
diff --git a/Robust.Client.WebView/WebViewControl.cs b/Robust.Client.WebView/WebViewControl.cs
index 999bcdbd2..c232c87b2 100644
--- a/Robust.Client.WebView/WebViewControl.cs
+++ b/Robust.Client.WebView/WebViewControl.cs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ namespace Robust.Client.WebView
         [Dependency] private readonly IWebViewManagerInternal _webViewManager = default!;
 
         private readonly IWebViewControlImpl _controlImpl;
+        private bool _alwaysActive;
 
         [ViewVariables(VVAccess.ReadWrite)]
         public string Url
@@ -22,6 +23,21 @@ namespace Robust.Client.WebView
             set => _controlImpl.Url = value;
         }
 
+        [ViewVariables(VVAccess.ReadWrite)]
+        public bool AlwaysActive
+        {
+            get => _alwaysActive;
+            set
+            {
+                _alwaysActive = value;
+
+                if (_alwaysActive && !_controlImpl.IsOpen)
+                    _controlImpl.StartBrowser();
+                else if (!_alwaysActive && _controlImpl.IsOpen && !IsInsideTree)
+                    _controlImpl.CloseBrowser();
+            }
+        }
+
         [ViewVariables] public bool IsLoading => _controlImpl.IsLoading;
 
         public WebViewControl()
@@ -39,14 +55,16 @@ namespace Robust.Client.WebView
         {
             base.EnteredTree();
 
-            _controlImpl.EnteredTree();
+            if (!_controlImpl.IsOpen)
+                _controlImpl.StartBrowser();
         }
 
         protected override void ExitedTree()
         {
             base.ExitedTree();
 
-            _controlImpl.ExitedTree();
+            if (!_alwaysActive)
+                _controlImpl.CloseBrowser();
         }
 
         protected internal override void MouseMove(GUIMouseMoveEventArgs args)