diff --git a/facets.libraries.yml b/facets.libraries.yml
index 84a7c46..62daaf3 100644
--- a/facets.libraries.yml
+++ b/facets.libraries.yml
@@ -14,10 +14,17 @@ drupal.facets.edit-facet:
   dependencies:
     - core/jquery
     - core/drupal
-    - core/jquery.once
 
 drupal.facets.admin_css:
   version: VERSION
   css:
     theme:
       css/facets.admin.css: {}
+
+drupal.facets.checkbox-widget:
+  version: VERSION
+  js:
+    js/checkbox-widget.js: {}
+  dependencies:
+    - core/jquery
+    - core/drupal
diff --git a/js/checkbox-widget.js b/js/checkbox-widget.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..997aaca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/js/checkbox-widget.js
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Transforms links into checkboxes.
+ */
+
+(function ($) {
+
+  "use strict";
+
+  Drupal.facets = {};
+  Drupal.behaviors.facetsCheckboxWidget = {
+    attach: function (context, settings) {
+      Drupal.facets.makeCheckboxes();
+    }
+  };
+
+  /**
+   * Turns all facet links into checkboxes.
+   */
+  Drupal.facets.makeCheckboxes = function () {
+    // Find all checkbox facet links and give them a checkbox.
+    var $links = $('.js-facets-checkbox-links .facet-item a');
+    $links.once('facets-checkbox-transform').each(Drupal.facets.makeCheckbox);
+  };
+
+  /**
+   * Replace a link with a checked checkbox.
+   */
+  Drupal.facets.makeCheckbox = function () {
+    var $link = $(this);
+    var active = $link.hasClass('is-active');
+    var description = $link.html();
+    var href = $link.attr('href');
+    var id = $link.data('facet-id');
+
+    var checkbox = $('<input type="checkbox" class="facets-checkbox" id="' + id + '" data-facetsredir="' + href + '" />');
+    var label = $('<label for="' + id + '">' + description + '</label>');
+
+    checkbox.change(function (e) {
+      Drupal.facets.disableFacet($link.parents('.js-facets-checkbox-links'));
+      window.location.href = $(this).data('facetsredir');
+    });
+
+    if (active) {
+      checkbox.attr('checked', true);
+      label.find('.facet-deactivate').remove();
+    }
+
+    $link.before(checkbox).before(label).hide();
+
+  };
+
+  /**
+   * Disable all facet checkboxes in the facet and apply a 'disabled' class.
+   */
+  Drupal.facets.disableFacet = function ($facet) {
+    $facet.addClass('facets-disabled');
+    $('input.facets-checkbox').click(Drupal.facets.preventDefault);
+    $('input.facetapi-checkbox', $facet).attr('disabled', true);
+  };
+
+  /**
+   * Event listener for easy prevention of event propagation.
+   */
+  Drupal.facets.preventDefault = function (e) {
+    e.preventDefault();
+  }
+
+})(jQuery);
diff --git a/src/Form/CheckboxWidgetForm.php b/src/Form/CheckboxWidgetForm.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 33beff9..0000000
--- a/src/Form/CheckboxWidgetForm.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,135 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-namespace Drupal\facets\Form;
-
-use Drupal\Core\Form\BaseFormIdInterface;
-use Drupal\Core\Form\FormStateInterface;
-use Drupal\Core\Url;
-use Drupal\facets\FacetInterface;
-use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\RedirectResponse;
-
-/**
- * The checkbox / radios widget form.
- */
-class CheckboxWidgetForm implements BaseFormIdInterface {
-
-  /**
-   * The facet to build the checkbox form for.
-   *
-   * @var FacetInterface $facet
-   */
-  protected $facet;
-
-  /**
-   * Class constructor.
-   *
-   * @param \Drupal\facets\FacetInterface $facet
-   *   The facet to build the form for.
-   */
-  public function __construct(FacetInterface $facet) {
-    $this->facet = $facet;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * {@inheritdoc}
-   */
-  public function getBaseFormId() {
-    return 'facets_checkbox_widget';
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * {@inheritdoc}
-   */
-  public function getFormId() {
-    return $this->getBaseFormId() . '__' . $this->facet->id();
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * {@inheritdoc}
-   */
-  public function buildForm(array $form, FormStateInterface $form_state) {
-    $facet = $this->facet;
-
-    /** @var \Drupal\facets\Result\Result[] $results */
-    $results = $facet->getResults();
-
-    $configuration = $facet->getWidgetConfigs();
-    $show_numbers = (bool) isset($configuration['show_numbers']) ? $configuration['show_numbers'] : FALSE;
-    $form[$facet->getFieldAlias()] = [
-      '#type' => 'checkboxes',
-      '#title' => $facet->getName(),
-    ];
-
-    $options = [];
-    foreach ($results as $result) {
-      $text = $result->getDisplayValue();
-      if ($show_numbers) {
-        $text .= ' (' . $result->getCount() . ')';
-      }
-
-      $options[$result->getRawValue()] = $text;
-
-      if ($result->isActive()) {
-        $form[$facet->getFieldAlias()]['#default_value'][] = $result->getRawValue();
-      }
-    }
-
-    $form[$facet->getFieldAlias()]['#options'] = $options;
-
-    $form[$facet->id() . '_submit'] = [
-      '#type' => 'submit',
-      '#value' => 'submit',
-    ];
-
-    return $form;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * {@inheritdoc}
-   */
-  public function validateForm(array &$form, FormStateInterface $form_state) {}
-
-  /**
-   * {@inheritdoc}
-   */
-  public function submitForm(array &$form, FormStateInterface $form_state) {
-    $values = $form_state->getValues();
-    $facet = $this->facet;
-
-    $result_link = FALSE;
-    $active_items = [];
-
-    foreach ($values[$facet->getFieldAlias()] as $key => $value) {
-      if ($value !== 0) {
-        $active_items[] = $value;
-      }
-    }
-
-    foreach ($facet->getResults() as $result) {
-      if (in_array($result->getRawValue(), $active_items)) {
-        $result_link = $result->getUrl();
-      }
-    }
-
-    // We have an active item, so we redirect to the page that has that facet
-    // selected. This should be an absolute link because RedirectResponse is a
-    // symfony class that requires a full URL.
-    if ($result_link instanceof Url) {
-      $result_link->setAbsolute();
-      $form_state->setResponse(new RedirectResponse($result_link->toString()));
-      return;
-    }
-
-    // The form was submitted but nothing was active in the form, we should
-    // still redirect, but the url for the new page can't come from a result.
-    // So we're redirecting to the facet source's page.
-    $path = $facet->getFacetSource()->getPath();
-    if (substr($path, 0, 1) !== '/') {
-      $path = '/' . $path;
-    }
-    $link = Url::fromUserInput($path);
-    $link->setAbsolute();
-    $form_state->setResponse(new RedirectResponse($link->toString()));
-  }
-
-}
diff --git a/src/Plugin/facets/widget/CheckboxWidget.php b/src/Plugin/facets/widget/CheckboxWidget.php
index 48ffe93..b22b4aa 100644
--- a/src/Plugin/facets/widget/CheckboxWidget.php
+++ b/src/Plugin/facets/widget/CheckboxWidget.php
@@ -2,11 +2,8 @@
 
 namespace Drupal\facets\Plugin\facets\widget;
 
-use Drupal\Core\Form\FormStateInterface;
-use Drupal\Core\StringTranslation\StringTranslationTrait;
 use Drupal\facets\FacetInterface;
-use Drupal\facets\Form\CheckboxWidgetForm;
-use Drupal\facets\Widget\WidgetInterface;
+use Drupal\facets\Result\ResultInterface;
 
 /**
  * The checkbox / radios widget.
@@ -17,44 +14,61 @@ use Drupal\facets\Widget\WidgetInterface;
  *   description = @Translation("A configurable widget that shows a list of checkboxes"),
  * )
  */
-class CheckboxWidget implements WidgetInterface {
-
-  use StringTranslationTrait;
+class CheckboxWidget extends LinksWidget {
 
   /**
-   * {@inheritdoc}
+   * The facet the widget is being built for.
+   *
+   * @var \Drupal\facets\FacetInterface
    */
-  public function build(FacetInterface $facet) {
-    $form_builder = \Drupal::getContainer()->get('form_builder');
-    $form_object = new CheckboxWidgetForm($facet);
-    return $form_builder->getForm($form_object);
-  }
+  protected $facet;
 
   /**
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
-  public function buildConfigurationForm(array $form, FormStateInterface $form_state, $config) {
+  public function build(FacetInterface $facet) {
+    $this->facet = $facet;
 
-    $form['show_numbers'] = [
-      '#type' => 'checkbox',
-      '#title' => $this->t('Show the amount of results'),
-    ];
+    /** @var \Drupal\facets\Result\Result[] $results */
+    $results = $facet->getResults();
+    $items = [];
+
+    $configuration = $facet->getWidgetConfigs();
+    $this->showNumbers = empty($configuration['show_numbers']) ? FALSE : (bool) $configuration['show_numbers'];
 
-    if (!is_null($config)) {
-      $widget_configs = $config->get('widget_configs');
-      if (isset($widget_configs['show_numbers'])) {
-        $form['show_numbers']['#default_value'] = $widget_configs['show_numbers'];
+    foreach ($results as $result) {
+      if (is_null($result->getUrl())) {
+        $text = $this->extractText($result);
+        $items[] = ['#markup' => $text];
+      }
+      else {
+        $items[] = $this->buildListItems($result);
       }
     }
 
-    return $form;
+    $build = [
+      '#theme' => 'item_list',
+      '#items' => $items,
+      '#attributes' => ['class' => ['js-facets-checkbox-links']],
+      '#cache' => [
+        'contexts' => [
+          'url.path',
+          'url.query_args',
+        ],
+      ],
+    ];
+    $build['#attached']['library'][] = 'facets/drupal.facets.checkbox-widget';
+
+    return $build;
   }
 
   /**
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
-  public function getQueryType($query_types) {
-    return $query_types['string'];
+  protected function buildListItems(ResultInterface $result) {
+    $items = parent::buildListItems($result);
+    $items['#attributes']['data-facet-id'] = $this->facet->getUrlAlias() . '-' . $result->getRawValue();
+    return $items;
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/Tests/WidgetIntegrationTest.php b/src/Tests/WidgetIntegrationTest.php
index 871bd3d..6d3abda 100644
--- a/src/Tests/WidgetIntegrationTest.php
+++ b/src/Tests/WidgetIntegrationTest.php
@@ -69,80 +69,8 @@ class WidgetIntegrationTest extends WebTestBase {
     $this->drupalPlaceBlock($block_values['plugin_id'], $block_values['settings']);
 
     $this->drupalGet('search-api-test-fulltext');
-    $this->drupalPostForm(NULL, array('type[item]' => 'item'), $this->t('submit'));
-    $this->assertFieldChecked('edit-type-item');
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Tests multiple checkbox widgets.
-   */
-  public function testMultipleCheckboxWidget() {
-    $facet_add_page = 'admin/config/search/facets/add-facet';
-
-    $id = 'type';
-    $name = 'Northern hawk-owl | type';
-    $id_2 = 'keywords';
-    $name_2 = 'Papuan hawk-owl | keywords';
-
-    // Add a new facet.
-    $form_values = [
-      'id' => $id,
-      'status' => 1,
-      'name' => $name,
-      'facet_source_id' => 'search_api_views:search_api_test_view:page_1',
-      'facet_source_configs[search_api_views:search_api_test_view:page_1][field_identifier]' => 'type',
-    ];
-    $this->drupalGet($facet_add_page);
-    $this->drupalPostForm(NULL, ['facet_source_id' => 'search_api_views:search_api_test_view:page_1'], $this->t('Configure facet source'));
-    $this->drupalPostForm(NULL, $form_values, $this->t('Save'));
-    $this->drupalPostForm(NULL, ['widget' => 'checkbox'], $this->t('Save'));
-
-    // Add a new facet.
-    $form_values = [
-      'id' => $id_2,
-      'status' => 1,
-      'name' => $name_2,
-      'facet_source_id' => 'search_api_views:search_api_test_view:page_1',
-      'facet_source_configs[search_api_views:search_api_test_view:page_1][field_identifier]' => 'keywords',
-    ];
-    $this->drupalGet($facet_add_page);
-    $this->drupalPostForm(NULL, ['facet_source_id' => 'search_api_views:search_api_test_view:page_1'], $this->t('Configure facet source'));
-    $this->drupalPostForm(NULL, $form_values, $this->t('Save'));
-    $this->drupalPostForm(NULL, ['widget' => 'checkbox'], $this->t('Save'));
-
-    // Place facets as blocks.
-    $block_values = ['region' => 'footer', 'id' => str_replace('_', '-', $id)];
-    $this->drupalPlaceBlock('facet_block:' . $id, $block_values);
-    $block_values = ['region' => 'footer', 'id' => str_replace('_', '-', $id_2)];
-    $this->drupalPlaceBlock('facet_block:' . $id_2, $block_values);
-
-    // Go to the test view and test that both facets are shown on the page.
-    $this->drupalGet('search-api-test-fulltext');
-    $this->assertText($name);
-    $this->assertText($name_2);
-    $this->assertText('item');
-    $this->assertText('apple');
-
-    // Submit the facet form and check that the form is submitted and the
-    // checkbox is now checked.
-    $edit = array('type[item]' => 'item');
-    $this->drupalPostForm(NULL, $edit, $this->t('submit'));
-    $this->assertText($name);
-    $this->assertText($name_2);
-    $this->assertText('item');
-    $this->assertText('apple');
-    $this->assertFieldChecked('edit-type-item');
-
-    // Submit the second facet form and check that the form is submitted and the
-    // checkbox is now checked.
-    $edit = array('keywords[apple]' => 'apple');
-    $this->drupalPostForm(NULL, $edit, $this->t('submit'));
-    $this->assertText($name);
-    $this->assertText($name_2);
-    $this->assertText('item');
-    $this->assertText('apple');
-    $this->assertFieldChecked('edit-type-item');
-    $this->assertFieldChecked('edit-keywords-apple');
+    $this->assertLink('item');
+    $this->assertLink('article');
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/tests/src/Unit/Form/CheckboxWidgetFormTest.php b/tests/src/Unit/Form/CheckboxWidgetFormTest.php
deleted file mode 100644
index aead740..0000000
--- a/tests/src/Unit/Form/CheckboxWidgetFormTest.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,140 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-namespace Drupal\Tests\facets\Unit\Form;
-
-use Drupal\Core\Form\FormState;
-use Drupal\Core\Url;
-use Drupal\facets\Entity\Facet;
-use Drupal\facets\Form\CheckboxWidgetForm;
-use Drupal\facets\Result\Result;
-use Drupal\Tests\UnitTestCase;
-
-/**
- * Unit test for the checkbox widget form.
- *
- * @group facets
- */
-class CheckboxWidgetFormTest extends UnitTestCase {
-
-  /**
-   * An array containing the results before the processor has ran.
-   *
-   * @var \Drupal\facets\Result\Result[]
-   */
-  protected $originalResults;
-
-  /**
-   * Creates a new processor object for use in the tests.
-   */
-  protected function setUp() {
-    parent::setUp();
-
-    /** @var \Drupal\facets\Result\Result[] $original_results */
-    $original_results = [
-      new Result('llama', 'Llama', 10),
-      new Result('badger', 'Badger', 20),
-      new Result('duck', 'Duck', 15),
-      new Result('alpaca', 'Alpaca', 9),
-    ];
-
-    foreach ($original_results as $original_result) {
-      $original_result->setUrl(new Url('test'));
-    }
-    $original_results[1]->setActiveState(TRUE);
-
-    $this->originalResults = $original_results;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Tests widget form with default settings.
-   */
-  public function testDefaultSettings() {
-    $facet = new Facet(['id' => 'zoo_animal'], 'facet');
-    $facet->setResults($this->originalResults);
-    $facet->setFieldIdentifier('zoo_animal');
-
-    $form_state = new FormState();
-    $form_state->addBuildInfo('args', [$facet]);
-    $form = [];
-
-    $widget_form = new CheckboxWidgetForm($facet);
-    $built_form = $widget_form->buildForm($form, $form_state);
-
-    $this->assertInternalType('array', $built_form);
-    $this->assertCount(4, $built_form['zoo_animal']['#options']);
-    $this->assertEquals('checkboxes', $built_form['zoo_animal']['#type']);
-
-    $expected_links = [
-      'llama' => 'Llama',
-      'badger' => 'Badger',
-      'duck' => 'Duck',
-      'alpaca' => 'Alpaca',
-    ];
-    foreach ($expected_links as $index => $value) {
-      $this->assertEquals($value, $built_form['zoo_animal']['#options'][$index]);
-    }
-    $this->assertEquals(array('zoo_animal', 'zoo_animal_submit'), array_keys($built_form));
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Tests widget form, make sure hiding and showing numbers works.
-   */
-  public function testHideNumbers() {
-    $facet = new Facet([], 'facet');
-    $facet->setResults($this->originalResults);
-    $facet->setFieldIdentifier('zoo__animal');
-    $facet->setWidgetConfigs(['show_numbers' => 0]);
-
-    $form_state = new FormState();
-    $form_state->addBuildInfo('args', [$facet]);
-    $form = [];
-
-    $widget_form = new CheckboxWidgetForm($facet);
-    $built_form = $widget_form->buildForm($form, $form_state);
-
-    $this->assertInternalType('array', $built_form);
-    $this->assertCount(4, $built_form['zoo__animal']['#options']);
-    $expected_links = [
-      'llama' => 'Llama',
-      'badger' => 'Badger',
-      'duck' => 'Duck',
-      'alpaca' => 'Alpaca',
-    ];
-    foreach ($expected_links as $index => $value) {
-      $this->assertEquals($value, $built_form['zoo__animal']['#options'][$index]);
-    }
-
-    // Enable the 'show_numbers' setting again to make sure that the switch
-    // between those settings works.
-    $facet->setWidgetConfigs(['show_numbers' => 1]);
-
-    $built_form = $widget_form->buildForm($form, $form_state);
-    $this->assertInternalType('array', $built_form);
-    $this->assertCount(4, $built_form['zoo__animal']['#options']);
-
-    $expected_links = [
-      'llama' => 'Llama (10)',
-      'badger' => 'Badger (20)',
-      'duck' => 'Duck (15)',
-      'alpaca' => 'Alpaca (9)',
-    ];
-    foreach ($expected_links as $index => $value) {
-      $this->assertEquals($value, $built_form['zoo__animal']['#options'][$index]);
-    }
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Tests form default methods.
-   */
-  public function testForm() {
-    $facet = new Facet(['id' => 'donkey'], 'facet');
-    $facet->setResults($this->originalResults);
-    $facet->setFieldIdentifier('donkey');
-
-    $form = new CheckboxWidgetForm($facet);
-
-    $this->assertEquals('facets_checkbox_widget', $form->getBaseFormId());
-    $this->assertEquals('facets_checkbox_widget__donkey', $form->getFormId());
-  }
-
-}
diff --git a/tests/src/Unit/Plugin/widget/CheckboxWidgetTest.php b/tests/src/Unit/Plugin/widget/CheckboxWidgetTest.php
index c868d2d..8fc63da 100644
--- a/tests/src/Unit/Plugin/widget/CheckboxWidgetTest.php
+++ b/tests/src/Unit/Plugin/widget/CheckboxWidgetTest.php
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 
 namespace Drupal\Tests\facets\Unit\Plugin\widget;
 
+use Drupal\Component\Render\FormattableMarkup;
 use Drupal\Core\Url;
 use Drupal\facets\Entity\Facet;
 use Drupal\facets\Plugin\facets\widget\CheckboxWidget;
 use Drupal\facets\Result\Result;
 use Drupal\Tests\UnitTestCase;
-use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerBuilder;
 
 /**
  * Unit test for widget.
@@ -49,35 +49,63 @@ class CheckboxWidgetTest extends UnitTestCase {
     }
     $this->originalResults = $original_results;
 
-    $form_builder = $this->getMockBuilder('\Drupal\Core\Form\FormBuilder')
-      ->disableOriginalConstructor()
-      ->getMock();
-    $form_builder->expects($this->once())
-      ->method('getForm')
-      ->willReturn('build');
-
-    $string_translation = $this->getMockBuilder('\Drupal\Core\StringTranslation\TranslationManager')
-      ->disableOriginalConstructor()
-      ->getMock();
-
-    $container_builder = new ContainerBuilder();
-    $container_builder->set('form_builder', $form_builder);
-    $container_builder->set('string_translation', $string_translation);
-    \Drupal::setContainer($container_builder);
-
     $this->widget = new CheckboxWidget();
   }
 
   /**
-   * Tests widget with default settings.
+   * Tests widget without filters.
    */
-  public function testDefaultSettings() {
+  public function testNoFilterResults() {
     $facet = new Facet([], 'facet');
     $facet->setResults($this->originalResults);
-    $facet->setFieldIdentifier('test_field');
+    $facet->setWidgetConfigs(['show_numbers' => 1]);
+
+    $output = $this->widget->build($facet);
+
+    $this->assertInternalType('array', $output);
+    $this->assertCount(4, $output['#items']);
+
+    $this->assertEquals(['js-facets-checkbox-links'], $output['#attributes']['class']);
+
+    $expected_links = [
+      $this->buildLinkAssertion('Llama', 10),
+      $this->buildLinkAssertion('Badger', 20),
+      $this->buildLinkAssertion('Duck', 15),
+      $this->buildLinkAssertion('Alpaca', 9),
+    ];
+    foreach ($expected_links as $index => $value) {
+      $this->assertInternalType('array', $output['#items'][$index]);
+      $this->assertEquals($value, $output['#items'][$index]['#title']);
+      $this->assertInstanceOf(FormattableMarkup::class, $output['#items'][$index]['#title']);
+      $this->assertEquals('link', $output['#items'][$index]['#type']);
+      $this->assertEquals(['facet-item'], $output['#items'][$index]['#wrapper_attributes']['class']);
+    }
+  }
 
-    $built_form = $this->widget->build($facet);
-    $this->assertEquals('build', $built_form);
+  /**
+   * Build a formattable markup object to use in the other tests.
+   *
+   * @param string $text
+   *   Text to display.
+   * @param int $count
+   *   Number of results.
+   * @param bool $active
+   *   Link is active.
+   * @param bool $show_numbers
+   *   Numbers are displayed.
+   *
+   * @return \Drupal\Component\Render\FormattableMarkup
+   *   Formattable markup object for link.
+   */
+  private function buildLinkAssertion($text, $count = 0, $active = FALSE, $show_numbers = TRUE) {
+    $text = new FormattableMarkup('@text', ['@text' => $text, '@count' => $count]);
+    if ($show_numbers !== FALSE) {
+      $text->string .= ' <span class="facet-count">(@count)</span>';
+    }
+    if ($active) {
+      $text->string = '<span class="facet-deactivate">(-)</span> ' . $text->string;
+    }
+    return $text;
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/tests/src/Unit/Plugin/widget/LinksWidgetTest.php b/tests/src/Unit/Plugin/widget/LinksWidgetTest.php
index ae2b6f4..075bcb3 100644
--- a/tests/src/Unit/Plugin/widget/LinksWidgetTest.php
+++ b/tests/src/Unit/Plugin/widget/LinksWidgetTest.php
@@ -237,4 +237,5 @@ class LinksWidgetTest extends UnitTestCase {
     }
     return $text;
   }
+
 }