diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs
index d2d32e2b4..d03af76b7 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs
@@ -1320,12 +1320,7 @@ impl DesignApp {
         #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
         {
             let (dropped, pointer) = ctx.input(|i| (i.raw.dropped_files.clone(), i.pointer.hover_pos()));
-            for f in dropped {
-                let p = f.path().to_string_lossy().to_string();
-                if !p.is_empty() {
-                    let _ = self.open_dropped_at(&p, pointer);
-                }
-            }
+            self.open_dropped_files(&dropped, pointer);
         }
         self.handle_quit(ctx);
     }
@@ -1482,6 +1477,18 @@ impl DesignApp {
         self.open_dropped_at(path, None)
     }
 
+    /// Open or place each file dropped on the main window or on a floating panel's own window.
+    /// `pointer` is in the main window's coordinates.
+    #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
+    pub(crate) fn open_dropped_files(&mut self, files: &[egui::DroppedFileHandle], pointer: Option<egui::Pos2>) {
+        for f in files {
+            let p = f.path().to_string_lossy().to_string();
+            if !p.is_empty() {
+                let _ = self.open_dropped_at(&p, pointer);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     /// [`Self::open_dropped`] at the pointer: a graphic's top left lands where the file was
     /// dropped on the canvas, text goes to a new frame on the document page there.
     pub fn open_dropped_at(&mut self, path: &str, pointer: Option<egui::Pos2>) -> Result<Value, String> {
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/panel_docking.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/panel_docking.rs
index 8b69821c0..52dd988ff 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/panel_docking.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/panel_docking.rs
@@ -1086,10 +1086,21 @@ pub(crate) fn show(app: &mut DesignApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui) {
     if let Some(panel) = focused.filter(|panel| panel == CANVAS || layout_of(app).contains(panel)) {
         app.ui.docking_focused = Some(panel);
     }
+    #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
+    open_window_drops(app, &output.window_files);
     // Keys pressed in a floating panel's own OS window run the main window's shortcuts.
     crate::menus::forwarded_shortcuts(app, ui.ctx(), output.forwarded_events, output.forwarded_modifiers.unwrap_or_default());
 }
 
+/// Files dropped on a floating panel's own OS window open or place as drops on the main window
+/// do. The pointer there is in that window's coordinates, so a placed file gets no canvas point.
+#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
+fn open_window_drops(app: &mut DesignApp, windows: &[craft_ui::docking::WindowFiles<String>]) {
+    for window in windows {
+        app.open_dropped_files(&window.dropped, None);
+    }
+}
+
 /// Whether a modal (a dialog, About or Quick Apply) is open. Floating panels in their own OS
 /// windows take no input then, as the main window behind the modal doesn't.
 pub(crate) fn modal_open(app: &DesignApp) -> bool {
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/panel_docking_tests.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/panel_docking_tests.rs
index bd7ba82fd..b3a1ee11b 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/panel_docking_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/panel_docking_tests.rs
@@ -1242,3 +1242,36 @@ fn dialogs_about_and_quick_apply_block_native_floating_windows() {
     app.ui.palette = None;
     assert!(!modal_open(&app));
 }
+
+#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
+#[test]
+fn a_document_dropped_on_a_floating_panel_window_opens() {
+    #[derive(Debug)]
+    struct Dropped(std::path::PathBuf);
+    impl egui::DroppedFile for Dropped {
+        fn path(&self) -> &std::path::Path {
+            &self.0
+        }
+        fn bytes(&self) -> Result<Vec<u8>, String> {
+            std::fs::read(&self.0).map_err(|e| e.to_string())
+        }
+    }
+    let dir = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
+    let path = dir.path().join("dropped.designcraft");
+    let mut saved = app();
+    saved.run("file.new", json!({})).unwrap();
+    saved.run("file.save", json!({"path": path})).unwrap();
+
+    let mut app = app();
+    assert!(app.session.documents().is_empty());
+    let files = craft_ui::docking::WindowFiles {
+        window: 1,
+        viewport: egui::ViewportId::from_hash_of("float"),
+        panel: "layers".to_owned(),
+        pos: None,
+        hovered: Vec::new(),
+        dropped: vec![std::sync::Arc::new(Dropped(path.clone())) as egui::DroppedFileHandle],
+    };
+    open_window_drops(&mut app, &[files]);
+    assert_eq!(app.session.documents().len(), 1, "the dropped document opens");
+}