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diff --git a/themes/base/jquery.ui.base.css b/themes/base/jquery.ui.base.css
index eed06a2772f..b59d2b43fe8 100644
--- a/themes/base/jquery.ui.base.css
+++ b/themes/base/jquery.ui.base.css
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
@import url("jquery.ui.accordion.css");
@import url("jquery.ui.autocomplete.css");
@import url("jquery.ui.button.css");
+@import url("jquery.ui.checkbox.css");
@import url("jquery.ui.datepicker.css");
@import url("jquery.ui.dialog.css");
@import url("jquery.ui.progressbar.css");
diff --git a/themes/base/jquery.ui.checkbox.css b/themes/base/jquery.ui.checkbox.css
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+/* Checkbox
+----------------------------------*/
+.ui-checkbox { position: relative; }
+.ui-checkbox input { position: absolute; left: 2px; top: 2px; margin: 0; }
+.ui-checkbox label { display: block; position: relative; padding-right: 1em; line-height: 1; padding: .5em 0 .5em 30px; margin: 0 0 .3em; cursor: pointer; z-index: 1; }
diff --git a/ui/jquery.ui.checkbox.js b/ui/jquery.ui.checkbox.js
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+/*
+ * jQuery UI Checkbox @VERSION
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2010 AUTHORS.txt (http://jqueryui.com/about)
+ * Dual licensed under the MIT (MIT-LICENSE.txt)
+ * and GPL (GPL-LICENSE.txt) licenses.
+ *
+ * {{TODO replace with docs link once plugin is released}}
+ * http://wiki.jqueryui.com/Checkbox
+ * {{/TODO}}
+ *
+ * Depends:
+ * jquery.ui.core.js
+ * jquery.ui.widget.js
+ */
+(function( $ ) {
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+$.widget( "ui.checkbox", {
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+ _create: function() {
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+ this.labelElement = $( this.element[0].ownerDocument ).find( "label[for=" + this.element.attr("id") + "]" );
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+ this.checkboxElement = this.element.wrap( "" ).parent()
+ .addClass("ui-checkbox")
+ .append(this.labelElement);
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+ },
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+ widget: function() {
+ return this.checkboxElement;
+ },
+
+ destroy: function() {
+ this.checkboxElement
+ .after( this.labelElement ).end()
+ .unwrap( "" );
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+ $.Widget.prototype.destroy.apply( this, arguments );
+ },
+
+ _setOption: function( key, value ) {
+ if ( key === "disabled" ) {
+ this.element
+ .attr( "disabled", value );
+ this.checkboxElement
+ [ value ? "addClass" : "removeClass" ]( "ui-checkbox-disabled" );
+ }
+
+ $.Widget.prototype._setOption.apply( this, arguments );
+ },
+
+});
+
+$.extend( $.ui.checkbox, {
+ version: "@VERSION"
+});
+
+}( jQuery ));