<main>
  <h2>Changing the Order of Flex Items: <br><code>order</code></h2>
  <div class="btns">
    <label for="one">Layout 1 <input type="radio" name="order"  value="one" id="one" checked></label>
    <label for="two">Layout 2 <input type="radio" name="order"  value="two" id="two"></label>
     <label for="three">Layout 3 <input type="radio" name="order"  value="three" id="three"></label>
  </div>
    <div class="container one">
      <div class="item">1</div>
      <div class="item">2</div>
      <div class="item">3</div>
    </div>
  <div class="dir">
    <label for="ltr">left-to-right <input type="radio" value="ltr" name="direction" id="ltr" checked></label>
    <label for="rtl">right-to-left <input type="radio" value="rtl" name="direction" id="rtl"></label>
  </div>
</main>

body {
  font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
  font-size: 1.3em;
  padding: 0 2em 3em;
  line-height: 1.4;
}

main {
  max-width: 800px;
  margin: 0 auto;
}

h2 {
  margin-top: 14px;
  text-align: center;
}

code {
  font-family: Consolas, monospace;
  background: #ccc;
  padding: 1px 3px;
}

.btns {
  padding-bottom: 1em;
  text-align: center;
}

.dir {
  text-align: center;
}

label {
  margin-right: 1.3em;
  padding: 8px;
}

.container {
  min-height: 300px;
  border: solid 2px;
  margin-bottom: 1em;
  background: #b2d5ff;
  display: flex;
}

.one .item:nth-child(1) {
  order: 1;
}

.one .item:nth-child(2) {
  order: 2;
}

.one .item:nth-child(3) {
  order: 3;
}

.two .item:nth-child(1) {
  order: 2;
}

.two .item:nth-child(2) {
  order: 1;
}

.two .item:nth-child(3) {
  order: 3;
}

.three .item:nth-child(1) {
  order: 3;
}

.three .item:nth-child(2) {
  order: 1;
}

.three .item:nth-child(3) {
  order: 2;
}

.ltr {
  direction: ltr;
}

.rtl {
  direction: rtl;
}

.item {
  background: #007ed3;
  width: 33.3%;
  min-height: 100px;
  margin: .073em;
  border: solid 2px #305077;
  text-align: center;
  font-size: 3em;
  color: white;
  font-weight: bold;
  line-height: 1.4;
}

let btns = document.querySelector('.btns').querySelectorAll('input'),
    dirs = document.querySelector('.dir').querySelectorAll('input'),
    container = document.querySelector('.container');

for (i of btns) {
  (function(i) {
    i.addEventListener('click', function() {
      clearClasses(container, btns);
      container.classList.add(i.value);
    }, false);
  })(i);
}

for (i of dirs) {
  (function(i) {
    i.addEventListener('click', function() {
      clearClasses(container, dirs);
      container.classList.add(i.value);
    }, false);
  })(i);
}

function clearClasses (el, cl) {
  for (i of cl) {
    el.classList.remove(i.value);
  }
}