Here is the source for that widget from django.forms.widgets module :
class CheckboxSelectMultiple(SelectMultiple):
def render(self, name, value, attrs=None, choices=()):
if value is None: value = []
has_id = attrs and 'id' in attrs
final_attrs = self.build_attrs(attrs, name=name)
output = [u'<ul>']
# Normalize to strings
str_values = set([force_unicode(v) for v in value])
for i, (option_value, option_label) in enumerate(chain(self.choices, choices)):
# If an ID attribute was given, add a numeric index as a suffix,
# so that the checkboxes don't all have the same ID attribute.
if has_id:
final_attrs = dict(final_attrs, id='%s_%s' % (attrs['id'], i))
label_for = u' for="%s"' % final_attrs['id']
else:
label_for = ''
cb = CheckboxInput(final_attrs, check_test=lambda value: value in str_values)
option_value = force_unicode(option_value)
rendered_cb = cb.render(name, option_value)
option_label = conditional_escape(force_unicode(option_label))
output.append(u'<li><label%s>%s %s</label></li>' % (label_for, rendered_cb, option_label))
output.append(u'</ul>')
return mark_safe(u'\n'.join(output))
def id_for_label(self, id_):
# See the comment for RadioSelect.id_for_label()
if id_:
id_ += '_0'
return id_
You can see the bullets are due to django CSS for lists. So to remove them, think about creating a new wudget inheriting from CheckboxSelectMultiple with adding a class to the "ul" html tag, and then add your own css with the solution detailed here.