Hi there! I got a problem with perl cgi. If you have it generate a standalone checkbox, it surrounds it automatically with a label tag that keeps the caption of the checkbox. My problem is I need to change the attributes of this label. The official docs enclosed with the module tell nothing how this should be done. However the docs found on cpan.org tell something about a "-labelattributes" switch, but it's only mentioned within a bit of text but without any instructions of usage. Quickly going over the code of CGI.pm tells me that there must be a switch like the one mentioned, but I'm just not too good with perl to figure out how to use it right. I tried several possibilities how to make it work, but it didn't. The switch was never interpreted the right way. Can anybody tell me how to use this switch or how to work around this problem? The code I tried: 
use CGI qw/:standard/;

print checkbox(-name=>'my_checkbox',
     -checked=>0,
     -value=>'on',
     -label=>'label of my checkbox. Check Me!!!',
     -labelattributes=>[id=>'checkboxlabel_id']);

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The html I got: 
<label><input type="checkbox" name="my_checkbox" value="on" labelattri
+butes="ARRAY(0x938ac80)" />label of my checkbox. Check Me!!!</label>

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In reply to perl cgi standalone checkbox label problem by Anonymous Monk

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