diff --git a/classes/pref/filters.php b/classes/pref/filters.php
index e60628f8f..e48615395 100755
--- a/classes/pref/filters.php
+++ b/classes/pref/filters.php
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ class Pref_Filters extends Handler_Protected {
 
 				$data = htmlspecialchars(json_encode($line));
 
-				print "<li><input dojoType='dijit.form.CheckBox' type='checkbox' onclick='toggleSelectListRow2(this)'>".
+				print "<li><input dojoType='dijit.form.CheckBox' type='checkbox' onclick='ListUtils.onChecked(this)'>".
 					"<span onclick=\"dijit.byId('filterEditDlg').editRule(this)\">".$this->getRuleName($line)."</span>".
 					"<input type='hidden' name='rule[]' value=\"$data\"/></li>";
 			}
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ class Pref_Filters extends Handler_Protected {
 
 				$data = htmlspecialchars(json_encode($line));
 
-				print "<li><input dojoType='dijit.form.CheckBox' type='checkbox' onclick='toggleSelectListRow2(this)'>".
+				print "<li><input dojoType='dijit.form.CheckBox' type='checkbox' onclick='ListUtils.onChecked(this)'>".
 					"<span onclick=\"dijit.byId('filterEditDlg').editAction(this)\">".$this->getActionName($line)."</span>".
 					"<input type='hidden' name='action[]' value=\"$data\"/></li>";
 			}
diff --git a/include/feedbrowser.php b/include/feedbrowser.php
index 8ebeb20cc..a0b1b6e8f 100644
--- a/include/feedbrowser.php
+++ b/include/feedbrowser.php
@@ -53,12 +53,10 @@
 				$site_url = htmlspecialchars($line["site_url"]);
 				$subscribers = $line["subscribers"];
 
-				$check_box = "<input onclick='toggleSelectListRow2(this)'
+				$check_box = "<input onclick='ListUtils.onChecked(this)'
 							dojoType=\"dijit.form.CheckBox\"
 							type=\"checkbox\" \">";
 
-				$class = ($feedctr % 2) ? "even" : "odd";
-
 				$site_url = "<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"
 							href=\"$site_url\">
 							<span class=\"fb_feedTitle\">".
@@ -75,11 +73,9 @@
 				$feed_url = htmlspecialchars($line["feed_url"]);
 				$site_url = htmlspecialchars($line["site_url"]);
 
-				$check_box = "<input onclick='toggleSelectListRow2(this)' dojoType=\"dijit.form.CheckBox\"
+				$check_box = "<input onclick='ListUtils.onChecked(this)' dojoType=\"dijit.form.CheckBox\"
 							type=\"checkbox\">";
 
-				$class = ($feedctr % 2) ? "even" : "odd";
-
 				if ($line['articles_archived'] > 0) {
 					$archived = sprintf(_ngettext("%d archived article", "%d archived articles", (int) $line['articles_archived']), $line['articles_archived']);
 					$archived = "&nbsp;<span class='subscribers'>($archived)</span>";
diff --git a/js/functions.js b/js/functions.js
index 59912905d..ce6d7aca9 100755
--- a/js/functions.js
+++ b/js/functions.js
@@ -53,6 +53,15 @@ Array.prototype.remove = function(s) {
 	}
 };
 
+const ListUtils = {
+	onChecked: function(elem) {
+		// account for dojo checkboxes
+		elem = elem.domNode || elem;
+
+		elem.up("li").toggleClassName("Selected");
+	}
+};
+
 const Utils = {
 	_rpc_seq: 0,
 	hotkey_prefix: 0,
@@ -984,12 +993,6 @@ function toggleSelectRowById(sender, id) {
 	return toggleSelectRow(sender, row);
 }
 
-/* this is for dijit Checkbox */
-function toggleSelectListRow2(sender) {
-	const row = sender.domNode.parentNode;
-	return toggleSelectRow(sender, row);
-}
-
 /* this is for dijit Checkbox */
 function toggleSelectRow2(sender, row, is_cdm) {
 
@@ -1137,7 +1140,7 @@ const Filters = {
 
 				new dijit.form.CheckBox({
 					onChange: function () {
-						this.domNode.up("li").toggleClassName("Selected");
+						ListUtils.onChecked(this);
 					},
 				}, cb);
 
@@ -1186,7 +1189,7 @@ const Filters = {
 
 				new dijit.form.CheckBox({
 					onChange: function () {
-						this.domNode.up("li").toggleClassName("Selected");
+						ListUtils.onChecked(this);
 					},
 				}, cb);