Appearance in Checkbox does not work

Question

I'm experiencing strange behavior in Checkbox with Appearance:

Table[Checkbox[Appearance -> a], {a, {Tiny, Small, Medium, Large}}]

(Copied from the help file) doesn't give me any difference in size. Screenshot:

checkbox sizes screenshot

CheckboxBar has the same behavior. Mathematica seems to ignore the Appearance setting.

I'm running mma 8.0.4.0 on Ubuntu 12.10 (64-bit).

Question: Is this a bug or just a non-existing but nonetheless documented feature?

I think Checkbox has only one appearance by design. At least I've never seen smaller or larger ones so far. Please only use the tag bugs if it is confirmed by WRI or the community.
Thanks for the edit in the tags. I thought "bugs" was for possible bugs too.
Changing the Appearance of Checkbox is documented, so Wolfram at least planned to add this functionality. I think i remember seeing different sizes in mma on Windows but since even the online help file doesn't display different sizes i think the functionality does not exist at all.
It's in the tag-wiki. As to the question: I get the same on Windows. Perhaps it's different on MacOS? Anyway, I can imagine that this feature was implemented to make use of (future) OS-specific GUI options. BTW I know an A.Goossens, but you don't happen to be that AF guy, do you?

m_goldberg · Answer 1 · 2012-11-24 18:36:02Z

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I evaluated

Table[Checkbox[Appearance -> a], {a, {Tiny, Small, Medium, Large}}]

It worked on my system.

checkbox sequence

answered Nov 24 '12 at 18:36

m_goldberg
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Mr.Wizard · Answer 2 · 2012-11-24 16:36:18Z

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This appears to be system dependent. With version 7 under Windows 7 I get:

Mathematica graphics (150% magnification)

answered Nov 24 '12 at 16:36

Mr.Wizard♦
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	Definitely a regression in version 8, then. Oddly I find (again, in version 7 on Windows 7) that they appear correctly at 100% but going to 150% or larger the size difference disappears. – Oleksandr R. Nov 24 '12 at 16:41
	changing the magnification seems to occasionally cause strange behaviour in dynamics – Mike Honeychurch Nov 25 '12 at 7:57

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