how to align elements on same line?

[manu1001]

the trouble is the elements are defined in different places in the html file. something like this.

<input id="a"...... />
 
<input id="b"...... />
<input id="c"...... />
 
<input id="d"...... />
 

how do i get "a" and "d" to appear on the same line (horizontally aligned) without removing "b" and "c" between them?

[Dormilich]

what do you want to do with b & c meanwhile?

[manu1001]

they need to appear below "d".

and for some lengthy reason, i don't want to move the html tags around. isn't there something in css to get it done?

[Dormilich]

not something I’d recommend.

[drhowarddrfine]

#a, #d { float:left }