Do passive (aura like) skills work when they float?

Currently I'm using 5 hero spells, and 3 that you can upgrade to get. It all works fine (they all fit) but now my problem is if I wanted to add extra ones (Based off of defend, sorta, except passive) Because basically I have a custom EXP/STAT system, and I need a way to add the effects of the stats. Now I'm wondering if I can have something like "defend" that is an upgrade, if it were a passive one, only targeting yourself if it would still work if it floats? It would be like this:
5 Hero abilities
2 Creep abilities
6 FLOATING abilities (upgrades)

If they float will it work?

EDIT: 2 creep abilities

floating you mean pushed off the end of the row correct? if they are passive i believe they will, but defend isnt passive =o

Passive skills work if they are "pushed" off the side of the screen, but with grid editing, you can push passives up to the empty spots under the normal move commands to help reduce this error

They are all full Dakan, I'm using 7 skills, that takes up all the space there is. (there is only 2 passive ones, typo on first post) but yeah they're all full.

XP: I know, I meant it is a "upgrade" ability like defend.

PS: Can you make an aura not have a buff tip? It would clog them all up with my 6 skills.

PS2:Thanks (lol ps2)

design the passiv 1 lvl spells as a ITEM ability and then the dont show up with a button

No some of them are not passive, like a creep firebolt - it still has to show.

see if you can edit the commonfunc.txt ( i think that is the one) it contains the unit's movement icons. Im sure you can get away with not having the normal move and patrol to give 2 extra slots.

Or try positioning 2 skills over them.

Well I'm not out of room, I just maxed out everything so that works the way I want. But other spells (My stat upgrade things) can't be shown, theres 6 of them and its not worth removign stuff for it, so I just wanted to make them float.