public void update(final Point2D normalizedPoint, final double zoomFactor) {
    final SnapPositionsModel horizontalSnapModel = getHorizontalSnapModel();
    final Element[] selectedVisualElements = getSelectedVisualElements();
    final long originPointX = getOriginPointX();
    final long[] elementWidth = getElementWidth();
    final long px = StrictGeomUtility.toInternalValue(normalizedPoint.getX());
    final long dx = px - originPointX;

    for (int i = 0; i < selectedVisualElements.length; i++) {
      final Element element = selectedVisualElements[i];
      if (element instanceof RootLevelBand) {
        continue;
      }
      final ElementStyleSheet styleSheet = element.getStyle();
      final double elementMinWidth =
          styleSheet.getDoubleStyleProperty(ElementStyleKeys.MIN_WIDTH, 0);

      // this is where I want the element on a global scale...
      final long targetWidth = elementWidth[i] + dx;
      final CachedLayoutData data = ModelUtility.getCachedLayoutData(element);
      final long elementX = data.getX();
      final long targetX2 = elementX + targetWidth;

      if (elementMinWidth >= 0) {
        // absolute position; resolving is easy here
        final long snapPosition =
            horizontalSnapModel.getNearestSnapPosition(targetX2, element.getObjectID());
        if (Math.abs(snapPosition - targetX2) > snapThreshold) {
          final long localWidth = Math.max(0, targetX2 - elementX);
          final float position = (float) StrictGeomUtility.toExternalValue(localWidth);
          styleSheet.setStyleProperty(ElementStyleKeys.MIN_WIDTH, new Float(position));
        } else {
          final long localWidth = Math.max(0, snapPosition - elementX);
          final float position = (float) StrictGeomUtility.toExternalValue(localWidth);
          styleSheet.setStyleProperty(ElementStyleKeys.MIN_WIDTH, new Float(position));
        }
      } else {
        final Element parent = element.getParentSection();
        final CachedLayoutData parentData = ModelUtility.getCachedLayoutData(parent);

        final long parentBase = parentData.getWidth();
        if (parentBase > 0) {
          // relative position; resolve the percentage against the height of the parent.
          final long snapPosition =
              horizontalSnapModel.getNearestSnapPosition(targetX2, element.getObjectID());
          if (Math.abs(snapPosition - targetX2) > snapThreshold) {
            final long localWidth = Math.max(0, targetX2 - elementX);
            // strict geometry: all values are multiplied by 1000
            // percentages in the engine are represented by floats betwen 0 and 100.
            final long percentage =
                StrictGeomUtility.toInternalValue(localWidth * 100 / parentBase);
            styleSheet.setStyleProperty(
                ElementStyleKeys.MIN_WIDTH,
                new Float(StrictGeomUtility.toExternalValue(-percentage)));
          } else {
            final long localWidth = Math.max(0, snapPosition - elementX);
            // strict geometry: all values are multiplied by 1000
            // percentages in the engine are represented by floats betwen 0 and 100.
            final long percentage =
                StrictGeomUtility.toInternalValue(localWidth * 100 / parentBase);
            styleSheet.setStyleProperty(
                ElementStyleKeys.MIN_WIDTH,
                new Float(StrictGeomUtility.toExternalValue(-percentage)));
          }
        }
      }

      element.notifyNodePropertiesChanged();
    }
  }