Menu Overview type table conversion

gistfile1.php

<?php  

$form['links'] = array(
    '#type' => 'table',
    '#attributes' => array('id' => 'menu-overview'),
    '#header' => array(
      t('Menu link'),
      array('data' => t('Enabled'), 'class' => array('checkbox')),
      t('Weight'),
      t('Operations'),
    ),
    '#empty' => t('There are no menu links yet. <a href="@link">Add link</a>.', array('@link' => url('admin/structure/menu/manage/' . $form_state['menu']->id() .'/add'))),
    '#tabledrag' => array(
      array('match', 'parent', 'menu-plid', 'menu-plid', 'menu-mlid', TRUE, MENU_MAX_DEPTH - 1),
      array('order', 'sibling', 'menu-weight'),
    ),
  );

  $links = _menu_overview_tree_form($tree, $delta);
  foreach (element_children($links) as $mlid) {
    $element = $links[$mlid];

    // Add special classes to be used for tabledrag.js.
    $element['plid']['#attributes']['class'] = array('menu-plid');
    $element['mlid']['#attributes']['class'] = array('menu-mlid');
    $element['weight']['#attributes']['class'] = array('menu-weight');

    $form['links'][$mlid]['#attributes']['class'][] = 'draggable';
    $form['links'][$mlid]['#weight'] =  $element['#item']->get('weight');

    $form['links'][$mlid]['title'] = array(
      array(
        '#theme' => 'indentation',
        '#size' => ($element['#item']->depth - 1),
      ),
      $element['title'],
    );

    $form['links'][$mlid]['hidden'] = array(
      'data' => $element['hidden'],
      '#attributes' => array('class' => array('checkbox', 'menu-enabled')),
    );

    dpm($element);

    // HELP HERE!

    //Clean: links[mlid:6][weight]
    //Dirty: links[mlid:5][weight][0]

    //Clean: links[mlid:6][plid]
    //Dirty: links[mlid:5][weight][1]

    //Clean: links[mlid:6][mlid]
    //Dirty: links[mlid:5][weight][2]

    $form['links'][$mlid]['weight'] = array(
      $element['weight'],
      $element['plid'],
      $element['mlid'],
    );

    // Operations (dropbutton) column.
    $form['links'][$mlid]['operations'] = $element['operations'];
  }