Can i change the default behaviour of wordpress category list to checkboxes

i want the list in the left side to have checkboxes so that the visitor can navigate much easily just like the way amazon.com does it.

this is how it is now: http://i.stack.imgur.com/sMiuD.jpg i want it to be something like: http://i.stack.im开发者_开发问答gur.com/3jHsW.jpg

if you want to modify wordpress default behaviour The Wordpress documentation will be your best friend.

Simply type the name of the function you want to modify in the search box and you will see how it works and how you can extend it.

Here is a link for your particular Problem, WP_LIST_CATEGORIES()