Is there a "stay on top" function ?

I have switched from Window to Mac and do not regret....
In Windows I used a small program "stay on top" i e it forced a window to stay on top. Is there something similar with Mac OS ?

It is now clear that Afloat has unique difficulties at installation
Normally you do not need additional help programs to install a program
This one seems to need no less than two other programs: SIMBL and Zipeg, and nothing is mentioned about this on the home page for Afloat.
Afloat shows a message of  "installation successfull" although it appears nowhere and so you cant uninstall it !!
This is really bizarre !!
NEVER RECOMMEND SUCH PROGRAMS !
And all this program is supposed to do is just one simple thing: to keep a window on top.
So little for so much trouble!
And this is Mac, which is supposed to be more user friendly than PC programs....
I have now spent hours in this attempt and corresponding with KAPPY
NEVER RECOMMEND SUCH PROGRAMS !

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