diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Alias/Views/Admin/Index.cshtml b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Alias/Views/Admin/Index.cshtml
index cee0278d7..21b72ab65 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Alias/Views/Admin/Index.cshtml
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Alias/Views/Admin/Index.cshtml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
         <table class="items">
         <thead>
             <tr>
-                <th scope="col" class="checkbox">&nbsp;&darr;</th>
+                <th scope="col" class="checkbox"><input type="checkbox" id="checkAll"/></th>
                 <th scope="col">@T("Alias")</th>
                 <th scope="col">@T("Route")</th>
                 <th scope="col">&nbsp;</th>
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Comments/Views/Admin/Details.cshtml b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Comments/Views/Admin/Details.cshtml
index 4ea2b05d7..ab49f6593 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Comments/Views/Admin/Details.cshtml
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Comments/Views/Admin/Details.cshtml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
             </colgroup>
             <thead>
                 <tr>
-                    <th scope="col">&nbsp;&darr;</th>
+                    <th scope="col"><input type="checkbox" id="checkAll"/></th>
                     <th scope="col">@T("Status")</th>
                     <th scope="col">@T("Author")</th>
                     <th scope="col">@T("Comment")</th>
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Comments/Views/Admin/Index.cshtml b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Comments/Views/Admin/Index.cshtml
index 09f917b43..2ea6861a1 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Comments/Views/Admin/Index.cshtml
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Comments/Views/Admin/Index.cshtml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
             </colgroup>
             <thead>
                 <tr>
-                    <th scope="col">&nbsp;&darr;</th>
+                    <th scope="col"><input type="checkbox" id="checkAll"/></th>
                     <th scope="col">@T("Status")</th>
                     <th scope="col">@T("Author")</th>
                     <th scope="col">@T("Comment")</th>
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.CustomForms/Views/Admin/Index.cshtml b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.CustomForms/Views/Admin/Index.cshtml
index d6b32910f..806f38a81 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.CustomForms/Views/Admin/Index.cshtml
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.CustomForms/Views/Admin/Index.cshtml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
         <table class="items">
             <thead>
                 <tr>
-                    <th scope="col">&nbsp;&darr;</th>
+                    <th scope="col"><input type="checkbox" id="checkAll"/></th>
                     <th scope="col">@T("Title")</th>
                     <th scope="col">@T("Content Type")</th>
                     <th scope="col">&nbsp;</th>
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Roles/Views/Admin/Index.cshtml b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Roles/Views/Admin/Index.cshtml
index 129fdec4d..4a39388e0 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Roles/Views/Admin/Index.cshtml
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Roles/Views/Admin/Index.cshtml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
             </colgroup>
             <thead>
                 <tr>
-                    <th scope="col">&nbsp;&darr;</th>
+                    <th scope="col"><input type="checkbox" id="checkAll"/></th>
                     <th scope="col">@T("Name")</th>
                     <th scope="col"></th>
                 </tr>
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Rules/Views/Admin/Index.cshtml b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Rules/Views/Admin/Index.cshtml
index 5c9b7459e..662e69d17 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Rules/Views/Admin/Index.cshtml
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Rules/Views/Admin/Index.cshtml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
         <table class="items">
             <thead>
                 <tr>
-                    <th scope="col">&nbsp;&darr;</th>
+                    <th scope="col"><input type="checkbox" id="checkAll"/></th>
                     <th scope="col">@T("Name")</th>
                     <th scope="col">@T("Creation")</th>
                     <th scope="col">&nbsp;</th>
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Tags/Views/Admin/Index.cshtml b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Tags/Views/Admin/Index.cshtml
index ebb6546e3..43558ee6d 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Tags/Views/Admin/Index.cshtml
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Tags/Views/Admin/Index.cshtml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
                 <col id="Edit" />
             </colgroup>
             <thead>
-                    <th scope="col">&nbsp;&darr;@*todo: (heskew) something more appropriate for "this applies to the bulk actions*@</th>
+                    <th scope="col"><input type="checkbox" id="checkAll"/></th>
                     <th scope="col">@T("Name")</th>
                     <th scope="col"></th>
             </thead>
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Taxonomies/Views/Admin/Index.cshtml b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Taxonomies/Views/Admin/Index.cshtml
index 39c29bd1f..69074bcc1 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Taxonomies/Views/Admin/Index.cshtml
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Taxonomies/Views/Admin/Index.cshtml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 			</colgroup>
 			<thead>
 				<tr>
-					<th scope="col">&nbsp;&darr;</th>
+					<th scope="col"><input type="checkbox" id="checkAll"/></th>
 					<th scope="col">@T("Name")</th>
 					<th scope="col"></th>
 				</tr>
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Users/Views/Admin/Index.cshtml b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Users/Views/Admin/Index.cshtml
index c26a4c2b9..45c0b3cd1 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Users/Views/Admin/Index.cshtml
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Users/Views/Admin/Index.cshtml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
         <table class="items">
             <thead>
                 <tr>
-                    <th scope="col">&nbsp;&darr;</th>
+                    <th scope="col"><input type="checkbox" id="checkAll"/></th>
                     <th scope="col">@T("Name")</th>
                     <th scope="col">@T("Email")</th>
                     <th scope="col">@T("Actions")</th>
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Workflows/Views/Admin/Index.cshtml b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Workflows/Views/Admin/Index.cshtml
index a3e2b9fd8..d0699880f 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Workflows/Views/Admin/Index.cshtml
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Workflows/Views/Admin/Index.cshtml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
         <table class="items">
             <thead>
                 <tr>
-                    <th scope="col" class="checkbox">&nbsp;&darr;</th>
+                    <th scope="col" class="checkbox"><input type="checkbox" id="checkAll"/></th>
                     <th scope="col">@T("Name")</th>
                     <th scope="col">&nbsp;</th>
                     <th scope="col" class="actions">&nbsp;</th>
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Workflows/Views/Admin/List.cshtml b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Workflows/Views/Admin/List.cshtml
index c2e44d220..f57628212 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Workflows/Views/Admin/List.cshtml
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Workflows/Views/Admin/List.cshtml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
         <table class="items">
             <thead>
                 <tr>
-                    <th scope="col" class="checkbox">&nbsp;&darr;</th>
+                    <th scope="col" class="checkbox"><input type="checkbox" id="checkAll"/></th>
                     <th scope="col">@T("Worfklow Definition")</th>
                     <th scope="col">Blocking activities</th>
                     <th scope="col" class="actions">&nbsp;</th>
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Themes/TheAdmin/Scripts/admin.js b/src/Orchard.Web/Themes/TheAdmin/Scripts/admin.js
index 710663d5b..86050deb7 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Themes/TheAdmin/Scripts/admin.js
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Themes/TheAdmin/Scripts/admin.js
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
         $(this).closest("form").find(".apply-bulk-actions-auto:first").click();
     });
 
-    $("[itemprop~='RemoveUrl']").on("click", function (event) {
+    $("[itemprop~='RemoveUrl']").click(function () {
         // don't show the confirm dialog if the link is also UnsafeUrl, as it will already be handled in base.js
         if ($(this).filter("[itemprop~='UnsafeUrl']").length == 1) {
             return false;
@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@
 
         return confirm(confirmRemoveMessage);
     });
+	
+    $("#checkAll").change(function () {
+        $("table.items :checkbox").prop('checked', $(this).prop("checked"));
+ 	}); 
 })(jQuery);