checkbox question (HTML)

i'm not sure if this is the right forum for it. my question is,
how can I disable a checkbox on html page using either css(preferably) or any way. i used 'disabled' attribute. but it greys out the check box. I dont want it to look grey.
and plz be quick.

total hack

Code:

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<input type="checkbox" onclick="this.checked=false">

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great:

i would use:

<input type="checkbox" onclick="this.checked= !this.checked">

thats worked out as quite an elegant solution,
but users should have some way of knowing it's disabled and not just click mindlessly.

By the way I think you should be able to use the disabled pseudo class (just going from memory, so I'm not sure if I'm right), but I have a suspicion IE won't support it:

Code:

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input:disabled {
  background:white;
  color:black;
}

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if it isn't in the CSS 2 specs I think it's in 3, but you can use this (again won't work in IE)

Code:

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input[disabled] {
  background:white;
  color:black;
}

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Which is preferable to JavaScript, as not every has it (10-15%).