textedit in floating window

I just noticed that [textedit] can’t be used (typing or pasting some
text) when in a floating window, unless another patch is opened. I’d
just like to know if it’s the normal behavior. Although I did not
find any directly related message in the archive, one I found let me
think that it’s the normal behavior and that it can’t be changed (for
reason I seem to get). It’s not a real big problem for me, just a
little disturbing. Can anyone confirm ?

In case it would not be the normal behavior, this is on Intel iMac
10.4.9, Max 4.6.2

Best,
Julien