Today I have found a funny example of how to ensure the checkbox is not visible:
<input id="chkIsDirty" type="checkbox" readonly style="DISPLAY: none;
VISIBILITY: hidden; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" size="0" runat="server"
name="chkIsDirty">
I have emphasized the important elements. I wonder if it is also hidden by the style sheets and maybe in the code via the runat="server" attribute 