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# isFloatingPanel

A Boolean value that indicates whether the receiver is a floating panel.

```
var isFloatingPanel: Bool { get set }
```

## Discussion

The value of this property is <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Swift/true> when the receiver is a floating panel, <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Swift/false> otherwise.

By default, panels do not float above other windows. It’s appropriate for a panel to float above other windows only if all of the following conditions are true:

- It’s small enough not to obscure whatever is behind it.
- It’s oriented more to the mouse than to the keyboard—that is, if it doesn’t become the key window or becomes so only when needed.
- It needs to remain visible while the user works in the app’s standard windows—for example, if the user must frequently move the pointer back and forth between a standard window and the panel (such as a tool palette), or if the panel gives information relevant to the user’s actions in a standard window.
- It hides when the app is deactivated (the default behavior for panels).

## See Also

[`level`](/documentation/AppKit/NSWindow/level-swift.property)

The window level of the window.

  [Window Programming Guide](https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/WinPanel/Introduction.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/10000031i)


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