diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 03177042..21857dca 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ style_config = { git = "https://github.com/dioxuslabs/stylo", rev = "10767f4" }
 style_traits = { git = "https://github.com/dioxuslabs/stylo", rev = "10767f4" } # 2024-05-15 + dioxus patches
 selectors = { git = "https://github.com/dioxuslabs/stylo", rev = "10767f4" } # 2024-05-15 + dioxus patches
 html5ever = "0.27" # needs to match stylo markup5ever version
-taffy = { version = "0.5.1" }
+taffy = { git = "https://github.com/dioxuslabs/taffy", rev = "9651a18b7da88204741018545edd13eda8fb2b53" }
 parley = { git = "https://github.com/nicoburns/parley", rev = "482d0fbd59eceaa68cc879e0102a7a9a87636a0d" }
 dioxus = { git = "https://github.com/dioxuslabs/dioxus", rev = "a3aa6ae771a2d0a4d8cb6055c41efc0193b817ef"}
 dioxus-ssr = { git = "https://github.com/dioxuslabs/dioxus", rev = "a3aa6ae771a2d0a4d8cb6055c41efc0193b817ef" }
@@ -39,7 +39,9 @@ publish = false
 opt-level = 2
 
 # Need to force specific versions of these dependencies
-[dependencies]
+[dev-dependencies]
+# webrender = "0.61.0"
+# mozbuild = "0.1.0"
 blitz = { path = "./packages/blitz" }
 blitz-dom = { path = "./packages/dom" }
 comrak = { version = "0.21.0", default-features = false }
diff --git a/packages/blitz/src/render.rs b/packages/blitz/src/render.rs
index 54c25229..705201dd 100644
--- a/packages/blitz/src/render.rs
+++ b/packages/blitz/src/render.rs
@@ -1152,19 +1152,11 @@ impl ElementCx<'_> {
     fn draw_solid_frame(&self, scene: &mut Scene) {
         let background = self.style.get_background();
 
-        // todo: handle non-absolute colors
-        let bg_color = background.background_color.clone();
-        let bg_color = bg_color.as_absolute().unwrap();
+        let bg_color = background.background_color.as_vello();
         let shape = self.frame.frame();
 
         // Fill the color
-        scene.fill(
-            Fill::NonZero,
-            self.transform,
-            bg_color.as_vello(),
-            None,
-            &shape,
-        );
+        scene.fill(Fill::NonZero, self.transform, bg_color, None, &shape);
     }
 
     /// Stroke a border
diff --git a/packages/dioxus-blitz/Cargo.toml b/packages/dioxus-blitz/Cargo.toml
index 67bdc268..90ee37c8 100644
--- a/packages/dioxus-blitz/Cargo.toml
+++ b/packages/dioxus-blitz/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 
 [features]
 accessibility = ["dep:accesskit", "dep:accesskit_winit"]
-hot-reload = []
+hot-reload = ["dep:dioxus-cli-config", "dep:dioxus-hot-reload"]
 menu = ["dep:muda"]
 default = ["accessibility", "menu"]
 
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ winit = { version = "0.30.2", features = ["rwh_06"] }
 muda = { version = "0.11.5", features = ["serde"], optional = true }
 tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["full"] }
 dioxus = { workspace = true }
-dioxus-cli-config = { git = "https://github.com/dioxuslabs/dioxus", rev = "a3aa6ae771a2d0a4d8cb6055c41efc0193b817ef"}
-dioxus-hot-reload = { git = "https://github.com/dioxuslabs/dioxus", rev = "a3aa6ae771a2d0a4d8cb6055c41efc0193b817ef"}
+dioxus-cli-config = { git = "https://github.com/dioxuslabs/dioxus", rev = "a3aa6ae771a2d0a4d8cb6055c41efc0193b817ef", optional = true }
+dioxus-hot-reload = { git = "https://github.com/dioxuslabs/dioxus", rev = "a3aa6ae771a2d0a4d8cb6055c41efc0193b817ef", optional = true }
 futures-util = "0.3.30"
 vello = { workspace = true }
 wgpu = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/packages/dioxus-blitz/src/documents/dioxus_document.rs b/packages/dioxus-blitz/src/documents/dioxus_document.rs
index 70f0edf8..feb2f0f3 100644
--- a/packages/dioxus-blitz/src/documents/dioxus_document.rs
+++ b/packages/dioxus-blitz/src/documents/dioxus_document.rs
@@ -230,6 +230,7 @@ impl MutationWriter<'_> {
         }
         // If element_id is already mapping to a node, remove that node from the document
         else if let Some(mapped_node_id) = self.state.node_id_mapping[element_id] {
+            // todo: we should mark these as needing garbage collection?
             self.doc.remove_node(mapped_node_id);
         }
 
@@ -271,6 +272,7 @@ impl WriteMutations for MutationWriter<'_> {
         let parent = self.state.element_to_node_id(id);
         for child in children {
             self.doc.get_node_mut(parent).unwrap().children.push(child);
+            self.doc.get_node_mut(child).unwrap().parent = Some(parent);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/packages/dioxus-blitz/src/lib.rs b/packages/dioxus-blitz/src/lib.rs
index d1e75c65..c137b56d 100644
--- a/packages/dioxus-blitz/src/lib.rs
+++ b/packages/dioxus-blitz/src/lib.rs
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ use winit::{
     event_loop::ControlFlow,
 };
 
+pub mod exports {
+    pub use dioxus;
+}
+
 #[derive(Default)]
 pub struct Config {
     pub stylesheets: Vec<String>,
@@ -128,21 +132,16 @@ fn launch_with_window<Doc: DocumentLike + 'static>(window: View<'static, Doc>) {
         not(target_os = "ios")
     ))]
     {
-        let Ok(cfg) = dioxus_cli_config::CURRENT_CONFIG.as_ref() else {
-            return;
-        };
-
-        dioxus_hot_reload::connect_at(cfg.target_dir.join("dioxusin"), {
-            let proxy = proxy.clone();
-            move |template| {
-                let _ = proxy.send_event(UserEvent::HotReloadEvent(template));
-            }
-        });
+        if let Ok(cfg) = dioxus_cli_config::CURRENT_CONFIG.as_ref() {
+            dioxus_hot_reload::connect_at(cfg.target_dir.join("dioxusin"), {
+                let proxy = proxy.clone();
+                move |template| {
+                    let _ = proxy.send_event(UserEvent::HotReloadEvent(template));
+                }
+            })
+        }
     }
 
-    // the move to winit wants us to use a struct with a run method instead of the callback approach
-    // we want to just keep the callback approach for now
-    #[allow(deprecated)]
     // the move to winit wants us to use a struct with a run method instead of the callback approach
     // we want to just keep the callback approach for now
     #[allow(deprecated)]
diff --git a/packages/dom/src/document.rs b/packages/dom/src/document.rs
index ec0496da..16939379 100644
--- a/packages/dom/src/document.rs
+++ b/packages/dom/src/document.rs
@@ -230,8 +230,7 @@ impl Document {
         let node = &self.nodes[node_id];
         let node_child_idx = node.child_idx;
 
-        // Get this node's parent, or the root node if it has none.
-        let parent_id = node.parent.unwrap_or_default();
+        let parent_id = node.parent.unwrap();
         let parent = &mut self.nodes[parent_id];
 
         // Mark the node's parent as changed.
diff --git a/packages/dom/src/layout/construct.rs b/packages/dom/src/layout/construct.rs
index f2205beb..0d4d3572 100644
--- a/packages/dom/src/layout/construct.rs
+++ b/packages/dom/src/layout/construct.rs
@@ -63,12 +63,17 @@ pub(crate) fn collect_layout_children(
                 } else {
                     match display.outside() {
                         DisplayOutside::None => {}
-                        DisplayOutside::Inline => all_block = false,
-                        DisplayOutside::Block => all_inline = false,
-
-                        // TODO: Implement table layout
-                        DisplayOutside::TableCaption => {}
-                        DisplayOutside::InternalTable => {}
+                        DisplayOutside::Block
+                        | DisplayOutside::TableCaption
+                        | DisplayOutside::InternalTable => all_inline = false,
+                        DisplayOutside::Inline => {
+                            all_block = false;
+
+                            // We need the "complex" tree fixing when an inline contains a block
+                            if child.is_or_contains_block() {
+                                all_inline = false;
+                            }
+                        }
                     }
                 }
             }
@@ -162,11 +167,16 @@ fn collect_complex_layout_children(
         let child_node_kind = doc.nodes[child_id].raw_dom_data.kind();
 
         // Get Display style. Default to inline because nodes without styles are probably text nodes
+        let contains_block = doc.nodes[child_id].is_or_contains_block();
         let child_display = &doc.nodes[child_id]
             .display_style()
             .unwrap_or(Display::inline());
         let display_inside = child_display.inside();
-        let display_outside = child_display.outside();
+        let display_outside = if contains_block {
+            DisplayOutside::Block
+        } else {
+            child_display.outside()
+        };
 
         let is_whitespace_node = match &doc.nodes[child_id].raw_dom_data {
             NodeData::Text(data) => data.content.chars().all(|c| c.is_ascii_whitespace()),
diff --git a/packages/dom/src/layout/mod.rs b/packages/dom/src/layout/mod.rs
index 4e63347e..84131b04 100644
--- a/packages/dom/src/layout/mod.rs
+++ b/packages/dom/src/layout/mod.rs
@@ -246,13 +246,17 @@ impl Document {
                 ..inputs
             };
             for ibox in inline_layout.layout.inline_boxes_mut() {
-                let output = self.compute_child_layout(NodeId::from(ibox.id), child_inputs);
-
                 let style = &self.nodes[ibox.id as usize].style;
                 let margin = style.margin.resolve_or_zero(inputs.parent_size);
 
-                ibox.width = (margin.left + margin.right + output.size.width) * scale;
-                ibox.height = (margin.top + margin.bottom + output.size.height) * scale;
+                if style.position == Position::Absolute {
+                    ibox.width = 0.0;
+                    ibox.height = 0.0;
+                } else {
+                    let output = self.compute_child_layout(NodeId::from(ibox.id), child_inputs);
+                    ibox.width = (margin.left + margin.right + output.size.width) * scale;
+                    ibox.height = (margin.top + margin.bottom + output.size.height) * scale;
+                }
             }
 
             // Perform inline layout
@@ -337,13 +341,66 @@ impl Document {
                         let border = node.style.border.resolve_or_zero(child_inputs.parent_size);
                         let margin = node.style.margin.resolve_or_zero(child_inputs.parent_size);
 
-                        let layout = &mut node.unrounded_layout;
-                        layout.size.width = (ibox.width / scale) - margin.left - margin.right;
-                        layout.size.height = (ibox.height / scale) - margin.top - margin.bottom;
-                        layout.location.x = (ibox.x / scale) + margin.left;
-                        layout.location.y = (ibox.y / scale) + margin.top;
-                        layout.padding = padding; //.map(|p| p / scale);
-                        layout.border = border; //.map(|p| p / scale);
+                        // Resolve inset
+                        let left = node
+                            .style
+                            .inset
+                            .left
+                            .maybe_resolve(child_inputs.parent_size.width);
+                        let right = node
+                            .style
+                            .inset
+                            .right
+                            .maybe_resolve(child_inputs.parent_size.width);
+                        let top = node
+                            .style
+                            .inset
+                            .top
+                            .maybe_resolve(child_inputs.parent_size.height);
+                        let bottom = node
+                            .style
+                            .inset
+                            .bottom
+                            .maybe_resolve(child_inputs.parent_size.height);
+
+                        if node.style.position == Position::Absolute {
+                            let output =
+                                self.compute_child_layout(NodeId::from(ibox.id), child_inputs);
+
+                            let layout = &mut self.nodes[ibox.id as usize].unrounded_layout;
+                            layout.size = output.size;
+
+                            // TODO: Implement absolute positioning
+                            layout.location.x = left
+                                .or_else(|| {
+                                    child_inputs
+                                        .parent_size
+                                        .width
+                                        .zip(right)
+                                        .map(|(w, r)| w - r)
+                                })
+                                .unwrap_or(0.0);
+                            layout.location.y = top
+                                .or_else(|| {
+                                    child_inputs
+                                        .parent_size
+                                        .height
+                                        .zip(bottom)
+                                        .map(|(w, r)| w - r)
+                                })
+                                .unwrap_or(0.0);
+
+                            layout.padding = padding; //.map(|p| p / scale);
+                            layout.border = border; //.map(|p| p / scale);
+                        } else {
+                            let layout = &mut node.unrounded_layout;
+                            layout.size.width = (ibox.width / scale) - margin.left - margin.right;
+                            layout.size.height = (ibox.height / scale) - margin.top - margin.bottom;
+                            layout.location.x = (ibox.x / scale) + margin.left;
+                            layout.location.y = (ibox.y / scale) + margin.top;
+                            layout.padding = padding; //.map(|p| p / scale);
+                            layout.border = border; //.map(|p| p / scale);
+                        }
                     }
                 }
             }
diff --git a/packages/dom/src/node.rs b/packages/dom/src/node.rs
index cf6dcd60..3ba3143c 100644
--- a/packages/dom/src/node.rs
+++ b/packages/dom/src/node.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use std::fmt::Write;
 use std::sync::atomic::AtomicBool;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use style::values::computed::Display;
+use style::values::specified::box_::DisplayOutside;
 use style_traits::dom::ElementState;
 // use string_cache::Atom;
 use style::properties::ComputedValues;
@@ -122,6 +123,20 @@ impl Node {
                 .display,
         )
     }
+
+    pub fn is_or_contains_block(&self) -> bool {
+        let display = self.display_style().unwrap_or(Display::inline());
+
+        match display.outside() {
+            DisplayOutside::None => false,
+            DisplayOutside::Block => true,
+            _ => self
+                .children
+                .iter()
+                .copied()
+                .any(|child_id| self.tree()[child_id].is_or_contains_block()),
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq)]
diff --git a/packages/dom/src/stylo.rs b/packages/dom/src/stylo.rs
index 73522069..baf18996 100644
--- a/packages/dom/src/stylo.rs
+++ b/packages/dom/src/stylo.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ use selectors::{
     sink::Push,
     Element, OpaqueElement,
 };
+use style::values::computed::Float;
 // use slab::Slab;
 use style::values::specified::box_::DisplayOutside;
 use style::CaseSensitivityExt;
@@ -113,8 +114,8 @@ impl crate::document::Document {
                     _servo_top_layer,
                     _servo_overflow_clip_box,
                     display: stylo_display,
-                    position,
-                    // float,
+                    position: stylo_position,
+                    float,
                     // clear,
                     // vertical_align,
                     overflow_x,
@@ -134,10 +135,29 @@ impl crate::document::Document {
                     ..
                 }: &BoxStyle = style.get_box();
 
+                // HACK: Emulate float with 'position: absolute'
+                let mut position = stylo_to_taffy::position(*stylo_position);
+                let mut inset = taffy::Rect {
+                    left: stylo_to_taffy::length_percentage_auto(left),
+                    right: stylo_to_taffy::length_percentage_auto(right),
+                    top: stylo_to_taffy::length_percentage_auto(top),
+                    bottom: stylo_to_taffy::length_percentage_auto(bottom),
+                };
+                if position == taffy::Position::Relative && *float != Float::None {
+                    position = taffy::Position::Absolute;
+                    if *float == Float::Right {
+                        inset.left = taffy::LengthPercentageAuto::Auto;
+                        inset.right = taffy::LengthPercentageAuto::Length(0.0);
+                    } else {
+                        inset.left = taffy::LengthPercentageAuto::Length(0.0);
+                        inset.right = taffy::LengthPercentageAuto::Auto;
+                    }
+                }
+
                 let display = stylo_to_taffy::display(*stylo_display);
                 node.style = Style {
                     display,
-                    position: stylo_to_taffy::position(*position),
+                    position,
                     overflow: taffy::Point {
                         x: stylo_to_taffy::overflow(*overflow_x),
                         y: stylo_to_taffy::overflow(*overflow_y),
@@ -164,12 +184,7 @@ impl crate::document::Document {
                     margin: stylo_to_taffy::margin(margin),
                     padding: stylo_to_taffy::padding(padding),
                     border: stylo_to_taffy::border(border),
-                    inset: taffy::Rect {
-                        left: stylo_to_taffy::length_percentage_auto(left),
-                        right: stylo_to_taffy::length_percentage_auto(right),
-                        top: stylo_to_taffy::length_percentage_auto(top),
-                        bottom: stylo_to_taffy::length_percentage_auto(bottom),
-                    },
+                    inset,
 
                     // Alignment properties
                     justify_content: stylo_to_taffy::content_alignment(justify_content.0),