diff --git a/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/actionSystem/ex/CheckboxAction.java b/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/actionSystem/ex/CheckboxAction.java
index cbd1c101dd97..7d32b3b6ca7c 100644
--- a/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/actionSystem/ex/CheckboxAction.java
+++ b/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/actionSystem/ex/CheckboxAction.java
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import javax.swing.*;
 import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
 import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
+import java.awt.event.InputEvent;
+import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
 
 /**
  * @author max
@@ -77,7 +79,9 @@ public abstract class CheckboxAction extends ToggleAction implements CustomCompo
         ActionToolbar actionToolbar = UIUtil.getParentOfType(ActionToolbar.class, checkBox);
         DataContext dataContext =
           actionToolbar != null ? actionToolbar.getToolbarDataContext() : DataManager.getInstance().getDataContext(checkBox);
-        action.actionPerformed(AnActionEvent.createFromAnAction(action, null, place, dataContext));
+        InputEvent inputEvent = new KeyEvent(checkBox, KeyEvent.KEY_PRESSED, System.currentTimeMillis(), 0, KeyEvent.VK_SPACE, ' ');
+        AnActionEvent event = AnActionEvent.createFromAnAction(action, inputEvent, place, dataContext);
+        ActionUtil.performActionDumbAwareWithCallbacks(action, event, dataContext);
       }
     });