Div with horizontal scrolling only not working

Question

I have a div with the following style:

height:200px;
overflow-x:scroll;
overflow-y:hidden;
width:682px;

I need the elements to be next to each other on one line, with a horizontal scroll only. The elements inside have the following styles:

width:60px;
padding:10px;
float:left;

But when they reach the end of the parent div, they start on a new row, while the horizontal scroll stays blank. Any ideas what am I doing wrong and how to fix it?

P.S All elements are div-s.

Thank you in advance!

Answer 1

For reference see: http://jsfiddle.net/pz9AP/

Note, the wrapper div that is responsible for the actual scrolling. The contained items will float within the container element which in turn will scroll inside the wrapper.

#wrapper {
    height: 200px;
    width: 682px;
    overflow-x:scroll;
    overflow-y:hidden; 
}

#container{
    width:2000px;  
}

.item{
    width:60px;
    padding:10px;
    float:left;
}

<div id="wrapper">
<div id="container">
    <div class="item">1</div>
    <div class="item">2</div>
    <div class="item">3</div>
    <div class="item">4</div>
    <div class="item">5</div>
    <div class="item">6</div>
    <div class="item">7</div>
    <div class="item">8</div>
    <div class="item">9</div>
    <div class="item">10</div>
    <div class="item">11</div>
    <div class="item">12</div>
</div>
</div>