Pallets On Top

In CS4 the image covers pallets I wish to use. I need to either move the image or make it smaller to get to the pallets that are open.
Is there any way to have the pallets on top of the image? I am thinking that this is a change from CS3, as I do not remember this annoying behavior.
Thanks -
george

The Real GLSmyth wrote:
Right, I understand that.  However, I am not able to find any option, preference, a=or anything else that will allow me to have the palettes on top of the image.  Perhaps this is something that is not configurable in CS4, which would be a real blow, as it makes things (for me) much more difficult to use.
george
I have my image window floating not tabbed
If I open a panel, from an icon or from the Window menu it sits on top of the image window.
It can be dragged around at will!

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