+wxCheckBox::wxCheckBox()
+{
+}
+
+bool wxCheckBox::Create(wxWindow *parent,
+                        wxWindowID id,
+                        const wxString &label,
+                        const wxPoint &pos,
+                        const wxSize &size,
+                        long style,
+                        const wxValidator& validator,
+                        const wxString &name )
+{
+    WXValidateStyle( &style );
+    if (!PreCreation( parent, pos, size ) ||
+        !CreateBase( parent, id, pos, size, style, validator, name ))
+    {
+        wxFAIL_MSG( wxT("wxCheckBox creation failed") );
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    if ( style & wxALIGN_RIGHT )
+    {
+        // VZ: as I don't know a way to create a right aligned checkbox with
+        //     GTK we will create a checkbox without label and a label at the
+        //     left of it
+        m_widgetCheckbox = gtk_check_button_new();
+
+        m_widgetLabel = gtk_label_new("");
+        gtk_misc_set_alignment(GTK_MISC(m_widgetLabel), 0.0, 0.5);
+
+        m_widget = gtk_hbox_new(FALSE, 0);
+        gtk_box_pack_start(GTK_BOX(m_widget), m_widgetLabel, FALSE, FALSE, 3);
+        gtk_box_pack_start(GTK_BOX(m_widget), m_widgetCheckbox, FALSE, FALSE, 3);
+
+        gtk_widget_show( m_widgetLabel );
+        gtk_widget_show( m_widgetCheckbox );
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        m_widgetCheckbox = gtk_check_button_new_with_label("");
+        m_widgetLabel = gtk_bin_get_child(GTK_BIN(m_widgetCheckbox));
+        m_widget = m_widgetCheckbox;
+    }
+    g_object_ref(m_widget);
+    SetLabel( label );
+
+    g_signal_connect (m_widgetCheckbox, "toggled",
+                      G_CALLBACK (gtk_checkbox_toggled_callback), this);
+
+    m_parent->DoAddChild( this );
+
+    PostCreation(size);
+
+    return true;
+}