diff --git a/fancytree/widgets.py b/fancytree/widgets.py
index af3ee8a..8a60526 100644
--- a/fancytree/widgets.py
+++ b/fancytree/widgets.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
 from django.utils.datastructures import MultiValueDict, MergeDict
 from mptt.templatetags.mptt_tags import cache_tree_children
+from mptt.forms import TreeNodeChoiceField
 
 try:
     import simplejson as json
@@ -28,27 +29,30 @@ def get_doc(node, values):
         doc['expand'] = True
     return doc
 
-def recursive_node_to_dict(node, values):
+def recursive_node_to_dict(node, values, hide_folder_checkbox):
     result = get_doc(node, values)
-    children = [recursive_node_to_dict(c, values) for c in node.get_children()]
+    children = [recursive_node_to_dict(c, values, hide_folder_checkbox) for c in node.get_children()]
     if children:
         expand = [c for c in children if c.get('selected', False)]
         if expand:
             result["expand"] = True
         result["folder"] = True
+        if hide_folder_checkbox:
+            result['hideCheckbox'] = True
         result['children'] = children
     return result
 
-def get_tree(nodes, values):
+def get_tree(nodes, values, hide_folder_checkbox):
     root_nodes = cache_tree_children(nodes)
-    return [recursive_node_to_dict(n, values) for n in root_nodes]
+    return [recursive_node_to_dict(n, values, hide_folder_checkbox) for n in root_nodes]
 
 class FancyTreeWidget(Widget):
-    def __init__(self, attrs=None, choices=(), queryset=None, select_mode=2):
+    def __init__(self, attrs=None, choices=(), queryset=None, select_mode=2, hide_folder_checkbox=False):
         super(FancyTreeWidget, self).__init__(attrs)
         self.queryset = queryset
         self.select_mode = select_mode
         self.choices = list(choices)
+        self.hide_folder_checkbox = hide_folder_checkbox
 
     def value_from_datadict(self, data, files, name):
         if isinstance(data, (MultiValueDict, MergeDict)):
@@ -63,12 +67,17 @@ def render(self, name, value, attrs=None, choices=()):
         has_id = attrs and 'id' in attrs
         final_attrs = self.build_attrs(attrs, name=name)
         if has_id:
-            output = [u'<div id="%s"></div>' % attrs['id']]
+            output = [u'<div id="f%s"></div>' % attrs['id']]
             id_attr = u' id="%s_checkboxes"' % (attrs['id'])
         else:
             output = [u'<div></div>']
             id_attr = u''
-        output.append(u'<ul class="fancytree_checkboxes"%s>' % id_attr)
+#        output.append(u'<ul class="fancytree_checkboxes"%s>' % id_attr)
+        if self.select_mode == 3:
+            multiple_tag = u'multiple'
+        else:
+            multiple_tag = u''
+        output.append(u'<select id="%s" name="%s" class="fancytree_checkboxes"%s %s>' % (attrs['id'], name, id_attr, multiple_tag))
         str_values = set([force_unicode(v) for v in value])
         for i, (option_value, option_label) in enumerate(chain(self.choices, choices)):
             if has_id:
@@ -77,35 +86,58 @@ def render(self, name, value, attrs=None, choices=()):
             else:
                 label_for = ''
 
-            cb = forms.CheckboxInput(final_attrs, check_test=lambda value: value in str_values)
+            # cb = forms.CheckboxInput(final_attrs, check_test=lambda value: value in str_values)
             option_value = force_unicode(option_value)
-            rendered_cb = cb.render(name, option_value)
+       #     rendered_cb = cb.render(name, option_value)
             option_label = conditional_escape(force_unicode(option_label))
-            output.append(
-                u'<li><label%s>%s %s</label></li>' % (label_for, rendered_cb, option_label)
-            )
-        output.append(u'</ul>')
+       #     output.append(
+        #        u'<label%s>%s %s</label>' % (label_for, rendered_cb, option_label)
+         #   )
+            sel = u''
+            try:
+                if option_value == force_unicode(value[0]) and self.select_mode != 3:
+                    sel = u' selected '
+                elif option_value in force_unicode(value) and self.select_mode == 3:
+                    sel = u' selected '
+            except IndexError:
+                pass
+            output.append(u'<option value="%s" name="%s" id="id_%s_%s" %s> '
+                          u'%s</option>' % (option_value, name, name, option_value, sel, option_label))
+
+        output.append(u'</select>')
         output.append(u'<script type="text/javascript">')
         js_data_var = 'fancytree_data_%s' % (attrs['id'].replace('-', '_'))
         if has_id:
             output.append(u'var %s = %s;' % (
                 js_data_var,
-                json.dumps(get_tree(self.queryset, str_values))
+                json.dumps(get_tree(self.queryset, str_values, self.hide_folder_checkbox))
             ))
             output.append(
                 """
                 $(".fancytree_checkboxes").hide();
                 $(function() {
-                    $("#%(id)s").fancytree({
+                    $("#f%(id)s").fancytree({
+
                         checkbox: true,
+                        clickFolderMode: 2,
+                        activeVisible: true,
                         selectMode: %(select_mode)d,
                         source: %(js_var)s,
                         debugLevel: %(debug)d,
+                        beforeSelect: function(event, data){
+                         // A node is about to be selected: prevent this, to limit node selections:
+                             if( $('#%(id)s option:selected').length == 5 &! data.node.isSelected() ){
+                             alert('You can only choose 5!');
+                             return false;
+                              }
+                         },
                         select: function(event, data) {
-                            $('#%(id)s_checkboxes').find('input[type=checkbox]').prop('checked', false);
+                        //    $('#%(id)s').prop('selectedIndex',0);
+                            $("#%(id)s option:selected").prop("selected", false);
                             var selNodes = data.tree.getSelectedNodes();
                             var selKeys = $.map(selNodes, function(node){
-                                   $('#%(id)s_' + (node.key)).prop('checked', true);
+                                   $('#%(id)s_' + (node.key)).prop('selected', true);
+                                   $( "#%(id)s" ).change();
                                    return node.key;
                             });
                         },
@@ -134,9 +166,10 @@ def render(self, name, value, attrs=None, choices=()):
         return mark_safe(u'\n'.join(output))
 
     class Media:
-        css = {
-            'all': ('fancytree/skin-vista/ui.fancytree.css',)
-        }
-        js = (
-            'fancytree/jquery.fancytree.min.js',
-        )
+        pass
+        # css = {
+        #     'all': ('css/fancytree/skin-vista/ui.fancytree.css',)
+        # }
+        # js = (
+        #     'js/fancytree/jquery.fancytree.min.js',
+        # )