Undocking Tool preset palette photoshop CC

Hello community,
is there a way to undock Tool preset palette, (this one - http://www.photoshopforphotographers.com/CC_2013/Help_guide/tp/Tool_Presets_palette/tool_p resets.jpg), from a top bar?
It would save me a bunch of time if the palette would be open and free-floating at all times - i usually make custom brushes for different projects and switch between them often.
Photoshop CC 14.2.1x64
Windows 7 SP1
thank you,
-k

Like RK says. You can turn on the Tool Presets panel from the Window menu. It colapses to a single square, and I dock mine on the right side of the main monitor where you can toggle it to expand and colapse with a single click.
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