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HTML

<input id="checkbox" type="checkbox" />

JavaScript

(function () {
    var checkbox = document.getElementById('checkbox');

    function handleCheckboxEvent(e) {
        e.preventDefault();

        if (e.keyCode === 32) {
            this.checked = !this.checked;
        }
    }

    checkbox.addEventListener("click", handleCheckboxEvent, true);
    checkbox.addEventListener("keyup", handleCheckboxEvent, true);
})();