How do I keep a floating window on top of a tabbed document so that it can be used as a reference while drawing/painting?

[brendabanu]

Just started using Photoshop CC on my iMac and I have noticed this issue which I did not have using windows based computers. Any floating window just seems to hide in the background as soon as I click on the tabbed document I want to work on. This is an issue for me since I like to have a couple of references open while painting plus I always have another with nothing but my color palette in it. I've already gone over the preferences but can't seem to find the way to avoid this and the options from Widow>Arrange weren't any help also resizing all windows so that they don't overlap each other ends up wasting a lot of screen real estate.

[LPatODA]

IT IS COMPLETELY **INSANE** THAT ADOBE HASN'T ADDRESSED THIS.

It's 2025 now. This thread is almost 10 years old. How is this functionality still lacking for Mac users?!

I've been using Adobe products for decades on Windows... and recently had to switch to a Mac for work. The inability to work with a main document docked in a tab with a separate floating window above it as a reference... is crazy-making. Especially when we (users) know that Adobe knows how to code the software to do it... because it's been possible on Windows since the beginning of time.

WHY GOD

[LPatODA]

...sorry, typo -- this issue / thread is *OVER* 10 years old (not 'almost'). The fact that there's been no fix is bonkers.