diff --git a/interface/resources/qml/controls/WebView.qml b/interface/resources/qml/controls/WebView.qml
index ae96590e97..b67948d651 100644
--- a/interface/resources/qml/controls/WebView.qml
+++ b/interface/resources/qml/controls/WebView.qml
@@ -101,11 +101,11 @@ Item {
         }
 
         onNewViewRequested:{
-            // desktop is not defined for web-entities
-            if (desktop) {
-                var component = Qt.createComponent("../Browser.qml");
-                var newWindow = component.createObject(desktop);
-                request.openIn(newWindow.webView);
+            // desktop is not defined for web-entities or tablet
+            if (typeof desktop !== "undefined") {
+                desktop.openBrowserWindow(request, profile);
+            } else {
+                console.log("onNewViewRequested: desktop not defined");
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/interface/resources/qml/desktop/Desktop.qml b/interface/resources/qml/desktop/Desktop.qml
index cc64d0f2b4..d8aedf6666 100644
--- a/interface/resources/qml/desktop/Desktop.qml
+++ b/interface/resources/qml/desktop/Desktop.qml
@@ -490,6 +490,13 @@ FocusScope {
         desktop.forceActiveFocus();
     }
 
+    function openBrowserWindow(request, profile) {
+        var component = Qt.createComponent("../Browser.qml");
+        var newWindow = component.createObject(desktop);
+        newWindow.webView.profile = profile;
+        request.openIn(newWindow.webView);
+    }
+
     FocusHack { id: focusHack; }
 
     Rectangle {
diff --git a/interface/resources/qml/hifi/Pal.qml b/interface/resources/qml/hifi/Pal.qml
index 85a0402b9a..ae79c11d1a 100644
--- a/interface/resources/qml/hifi/Pal.qml
+++ b/interface/resources/qml/hifi/Pal.qml
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ import QtQuick.Controls 1.4
 import QtGraphicalEffects 1.0
 import Qt.labs.settings 1.0
 import "../styles-uit"
-import "../controls-uit" as HifiControls
-import HFWebEngineProfile 1.0
+import "../controls-uit" as HifiControlsUit
+import "../controls" as HifiControls
 
 // references HMD, Users, UserActivityLogger from root context
 
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ Rectangle {
                     horizontalAlignment: Text.AlignHCenter;
                     verticalAlignment: Text.AlignTop;
                 }
-                HifiControls.TabletComboBox {
+                HifiControlsUit.TabletComboBox {
                     id: availabilityComboBox;
                     // Anchors
                     anchors.top: parent.top;
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ Rectangle {
                         verticalAlignment: Text.AlignVCenter;
                     }
                     // "In View" Checkbox
-                    HifiControls.CheckBox {
+                    HifiControlsUit.CheckBox {
                         id: inViewCheckbox;
                         visible: activeTab == "nearbyTab";
                         anchors.right: reloadNearbyContainer.left;
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ Rectangle {
                         anchors.rightMargin: 6;
                         height: reloadNearby.height;
                         width: height;
-                        HifiControls.GlyphButton {
+                        HifiControlsUit.GlyphButton {
                             id: reloadNearby;
                             width: reloadNearby.height;
                             glyph: hifi.glyphs.reload;
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ Rectangle {
                         anchors.rightMargin: 6;
                         height: reloadConnections.height;
                         width: height;
-                        HifiControls.GlyphButton {
+                        HifiControlsUit.GlyphButton {
                             id: reloadConnections;
                             width: reloadConnections.height;
                             glyph: hifi.glyphs.reload;
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ Rectangle {
             }
         }
         // This TableView refers to the Nearby Table (on the "Nearby" tab below the current user's NameCard)
-        HifiControls.Table {
+        HifiControlsUit.Table {
             id: nearbyTable;
             // Anchors
             anchors.fill: parent;
@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ Rectangle {
                     // Anchors
                     anchors.left: parent.left;
                 }
-                HifiControls.GlyphButton {
+                HifiControlsUit.GlyphButton {
                     function getGlyph() {
                         var fileName = "vol_";
                         if (model && model.personalMute) {
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ Rectangle {
                 // Clicking on the sides of the sorting header doesn't cause this problem.
                 // I'm guessing this is a QT bug and not anything I can fix. I spent too long trying to work around it...
                 // I'm just going to leave the minor visual bug in.
-                HifiControls.CheckBox {
+                HifiControlsUit.CheckBox {
                     id: actionCheckBox;
                     visible: isCheckBox;
                     anchors.centerIn: parent;
@@ -658,7 +658,7 @@ Rectangle {
                 }
 
                 // This Button belongs in the columns that contain the stateless action buttons ("Silence" & "Ban" for now)
-                HifiControls.Button {
+                HifiControlsUit.Button {
                     id: actionButton;
                     color: 2; // Red
                     visible: isButton;
@@ -831,7 +831,7 @@ Rectangle {
         }
 
         // This TableView refers to the Connections Table (on the "Connections" tab below the current user's NameCard)
-        HifiControls.Table {
+        HifiControlsUit.Table {
             id: connectionsTable;
             visible: !connectionsLoading.visible;
             // Anchors
@@ -935,7 +935,7 @@ Rectangle {
                 }
 
                 // "Friends" checkbox
-                HifiControls.CheckBox {
+                HifiControlsUit.CheckBox {
                     id: friendsCheckBox;
                     visible: styleData.role === "friends";
                     anchors.centerIn: parent;
@@ -960,7 +960,7 @@ Rectangle {
     } // "Connections" Tab
     } // palTabContainer
 
-        HifiControls.Keyboard {
+        HifiControlsUit.Keyboard {
             id: keyboard;
             raised: currentlyEditingDisplayName && HMD.mounted;
             numeric: parent.punctuationMode;
@@ -1096,9 +1096,6 @@ Rectangle {
 
             HifiControls.WebView {
                 id: userInfoViewer;
-                profile: HFWebEngineProfile {
-                    storageName: "qmlWebEngine"
-                }
                 anchors {
                     top: navigationContainer.bottom;
                     bottom: parent.bottom;
diff --git a/interface/src/ui/overlays/Web3DOverlay.cpp b/interface/src/ui/overlays/Web3DOverlay.cpp
index 7b9e075d64..90dcaafc21 100644
--- a/interface/src/ui/overlays/Web3DOverlay.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/ui/overlays/Web3DOverlay.cpp
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 #include "scripting/HMDScriptingInterface.h"
 #include <Preferences.h>
 #include "FileDialogHelper.h"
+#include <OffscreenUi.h>
 
 static const float DPI = 30.47f;
 static const float INCHES_TO_METERS = 1.0f / 39.3701f;
@@ -177,6 +178,8 @@ void Web3DOverlay::loadSourceURL() {
         }
     }
     _webSurface->getRootContext()->setContextProperty("globalPosition", vec3toVariant(getPosition()));
+    auto offscreenUi = DependencyManager::get<OffscreenUi>();
+    _webSurface->getRootContext()->setContextProperty("desktop", offscreenUi->getDesktop());
 }
 
 void Web3DOverlay::render(RenderArgs* args) {