| Checkbox | Checkbox Hotspot |
| It is used just as a display of checkbox. It mentions that the particular line of record is selected. | It can be used to trigger an event of type LINK_CLICK. |
| The value of the checkbox cannot be changed. | The value of checkbox can be changed. |
| It is not used to manipulate the values of the fields of ALV Table. | It can be used to manipulate the values of the fields of ALV Table. The ALV Table must be refreshed with the refresh method call {lr_alv_grid -> REFRESH ()}. |