CSS change div order without flex

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given a HTML of: 

<div class="class">1</div>
<div class="class">2</div>
<div class="class">3</div>
<div class="class">4</div>

I know I can do a display:flextogether with:

.class :nth-child(1) { order: 2 }
.class :nth-child(2) { order: 4 }
.class :nth-child(3) { order: 1 }
.class :nth-child(4) { order: 3 }

which should produce 

<div class="class">3</div>
<div class="class">1</div>
<div class="class">4</div>
<div class="class">2</div>

Is there a way to do this without using the flexbox in combination with its order property?

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3 Answers

You can use grid layout, which has similar order properties.

.boxes {
  display: grid;
}

.class:nth-of-type(1) {
  order: 2;
}

.class:nth-of-type(2) {
  order: 4;
}

.class:nth-of-type(3) {
  order: 1;
}

.class:nth-of-type(4) {
  order: 3;
}
<div class="boxes">
  <div class="class">1</div>
  <div class="class">2</div>
  <div class="class">3</div>
  <div class="class">4</div>
</div>

user_77911110

You can use left and float: left; 

.class {
    position: relative;
    float: left;
    width: 25%;
   }

  .class:nth-child(1) {
    left: 75%;
  }

  .class:nth-child(2) {
    left: 25%;
  }

  .class:nth-child(3) {
    left: -25%;
  }

  .class:nth-child(4) {
    left: -75%;
  }
user_94964920

There are many possibilities. The sanest, of course, is to use flex, but if you don't want that, one way is to do it like this.

.container {display: table;}
.class {display: table-row;}
.class:nth-child(3) {display: table-header-group;}
.class:nth-child(2) {display: table-footer-group;}
<div class="container">
  <div class="class">1</div>
  <div class="class">2</div>
  <div class="class">3</div>
  <div class="class">4</div>
</div>

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