Converting absolute layout to use floats

Question

I’m looking for some advice on a project I am working on and would be appreciative of any assistance.

Aim:

To make a drag and drop CMS which allows a user to d

Answer 1

This is what I would to devise a system that automagically does that:
(pseudo code, mostly)

1. get window.width and window.height of what user is visualizing on his screen

2. calculate a percentage for every element with a simple formula:

   var elWidth = (element.width / window.width) * 100
   var elHeight = (element.height / window.height) * 100

3. get every element that is not 100% width to behave like an inline element with
   display:inline-block;

This should be a good base to start with, provided that you designed a good UI to derive every nested DIV and a sort of "magnetic" grid to align the items.

What do you think?