diff --git a/src/main/java/org/olat/admin/user/bulkChange/UserBulkChangeStep00.java b/src/main/java/org/olat/admin/user/bulkChange/UserBulkChangeStep00.java
index 67152e9560ea0a78ee349a42e2332cb98283c389..cd83c298e0bf1a385ad3f4f2770f22a2e6d1444c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/olat/admin/user/bulkChange/UserBulkChangeStep00.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/olat/admin/user/bulkChange/UserBulkChangeStep00.java
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ class UserBulkChangeStep00 extends BasicStep {
 			// add input field for password
 			Boolean canChangePwd = BaseSecurityModule.USERMANAGER_CAN_MODIFY_PWD;
 			if (canChangePwd.booleanValue() || isOLATAdmin) {
-				checkbox = uifactory.addCheckboxesVertical("checkboxPWD", "form.name.pwd", innerFormLayout, new String[] { "changePWD" }, new String[] { "" }, 1);
+				checkbox = uifactory.addCheckboxesHorizontal("checkboxPWD", "form.name.pwd", innerFormLayout, new String[] { "changePWD" }, new String[] { "" });
 				checkbox.select("changePWD", false);
 				checkbox.addActionListener(FormEvent.ONCLICK);
 				formitem = uifactory.addTextElement(UserBulkChangeManager.PWD_IDENTIFYER, "password", 127, null, innerFormLayout);
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ class UserBulkChangeStep00 extends BasicStep {
 				languageValues[p] = locdescs.get(key);
 				p++;
 			}
-			checkbox = uifactory.addCheckboxesVertical("checkboxLang", "form.name.language", innerFormLayout, new String[] { "changeLang" }, new String[] { "" }, 1);
+			checkbox = uifactory.addCheckboxesHorizontal("checkboxLang", "form.name.language", innerFormLayout, new String[] { "changeLang" }, new String[] { "" });
 			checkbox.select("changeLang", false);
 			checkbox.addActionListener(FormEvent.ONCLICK);
 			formitem = uifactory.addDropdownSingleselect(UserBulkChangeManager.LANG_IDENTIFYER, innerFormLayout, languageKeys, languageValues, null);
@@ -333,8 +333,8 @@ class UserBulkChangeStep00 extends BasicStep {
 				if(!(userPropertyHandler instanceof GenericUnique127CharTextPropertyHandler)) {
 					userPropertyHandlers.add(userPropertyHandler);
 
-					checkbox = uifactory.addCheckboxesVertical("checkbox" + i, "form.name." + userPropertyHandler.getName(), innerFormLayout,
-							new String[] { "change" + userPropertyHandler.getName() }, new String[] { "" }, 1);
+					checkbox = uifactory.addCheckboxesHorizontal("checkbox" + i, "form.name." + userPropertyHandler.getName(), innerFormLayout,
+							new String[] { "change" + userPropertyHandler.getName() }, new String[] { "" });
 					checkbox.select("change" + userPropertyHandler.getName(), false);
 					checkbox.addActionListener(FormEvent.ONCLICK);
 	
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/olat/admin/user/bulkChange/UserBulkChangeStep01.java b/src/main/java/org/olat/admin/user/bulkChange/UserBulkChangeStep01.java
index 142340206ec85db5a5f3b85431e572c51d58b969..6460b32e27ecaae8ce29a9fb9ee524b28fbcfaf6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/olat/admin/user/bulkChange/UserBulkChangeStep01.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/olat/admin/user/bulkChange/UserBulkChangeStep01.java
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ class UserBulkChangeStep01 extends BasicStep {
 
 			// usermanager:
 			if (isAdmin || isUserManager || iAmOlatAdmin) {
-				chkUserManager = uifactory.addCheckboxesVertical("Usermanager", "table.role.useradmin", innerFormLayout, new String[] { "Usermanager" }, new String[] { "" }, 1);
+				chkUserManager = uifactory.addCheckboxesHorizontal("Usermanager", "table.role.useradmin", innerFormLayout, new String[] { "Usermanager" }, new String[] { "" });
 				chkUserManager.select("Usermanager", false);
 				chkUserManager.addActionListener(FormEvent.ONCLICK);
 
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ class UserBulkChangeStep01 extends BasicStep {
 
 			// groupmanager
 			if (isAdmin || isGroupManager || iAmOlatAdmin) {
-				chkGroupManager = uifactory.addCheckboxesVertical("Groupmanager", "table.role.groupadmin", innerFormLayout, new String[] { "Groupmanager" }, new String[] { "" }, 1);
+				chkGroupManager = uifactory.addCheckboxesHorizontal("Groupmanager", "table.role.groupadmin", innerFormLayout, new String[] { "Groupmanager" }, new String[] { "" });
 				chkGroupManager.select("Groupmanager", false);
 				chkGroupManager.addActionListener(FormEvent.ONCLICK);
 
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ class UserBulkChangeStep01 extends BasicStep {
 
 			// author
 			if (isAdmin || isAuthor || iAmOlatAdmin) {
-				chkAuthor = uifactory.addCheckboxesVertical("Author", "table.role.author", innerFormLayout, new String[] { "Author" }, new String[] { "" }, 1);
+				chkAuthor = uifactory.addCheckboxesHorizontal("Author", "table.role.author", innerFormLayout, new String[] { "Author" }, new String[] { "" });
 				chkAuthor.select("Author", false);
 				chkAuthor.addActionListener(FormEvent.ONCLICK);
 
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ class UserBulkChangeStep01 extends BasicStep {
 			
 			// sysadmin
 			if (isAdmin || iAmOlatAdmin) {
-				chkAdmin = uifactory.addCheckboxesVertical("Admin", "table.role.admin", innerFormLayout, new String[] { "Admin" }, new String[] { "" }, 1);
+				chkAdmin = uifactory.addCheckboxesHorizontal("Admin", "table.role.admin", innerFormLayout, new String[] { "Admin" }, new String[] { "" });
 				chkAdmin.select("Admin", false);
 				chkAdmin.addActionListener(FormEvent.ONCLICK);
 
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ class UserBulkChangeStep01 extends BasicStep {
 
 			// status
 			if (isAdmin || iAmOlatAdmin) {
-				chkStatus = uifactory.addCheckboxesVertical("Status", "table.role.status", innerFormLayout, new String[] { "Status" }, new String[] { "" }, 1);
+				chkStatus = uifactory.addCheckboxesHorizontal("Status", "table.role.status", innerFormLayout, new String[] { "Status" }, new String[] { "" });
 				chkStatus.select("Status", false);
 				chkStatus.addActionListener(FormEvent.ONCLICK);