diff --git a/django/contrib/admin/helpers.py b/django/contrib/admin/helpers.py
index fe86451ed6..5e64b76908 100644
--- a/django/contrib/admin/helpers.py
+++ b/django/contrib/admin/helpers.py
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ ACTION_CHECKBOX_NAME = '_selected_action'
 
 class ActionForm(forms.Form):
     action = forms.ChoiceField(label=_('Action:'))
+    select_across = forms.BooleanField(label='', required=False, initial=0,
+        widget=forms.HiddenInput({'class': 'select-across'}))
 
 checkbox = forms.CheckboxInput({'class': 'action-select'}, lambda value: False)
 
diff --git a/django/contrib/admin/media/css/changelists.css b/django/contrib/admin/media/css/changelists.css
index a9d7543829..99ff8bc0cf 100644
--- a/django/contrib/admin/media/css/changelists.css
+++ b/django/contrib/admin/media/css/changelists.css
@@ -228,12 +228,6 @@
     border-right: 1px solid #ddd;
 }
 
-.action_counter{
-    font-size: 11px;
-    margin: 0 0.5em;
-    display: none;
-}
-
 #changelist table input {
     margin: 0;
 }
@@ -250,6 +244,21 @@
     background: white url(../img/admin/nav-bg-reverse.gif) 0 -10px repeat-x;
 }
 
+#changelist .actions.selected {
+    background: #fffccf;
+    border-top: 1px solid #fffee8;
+    border-bottom: 1px solid #edecd6;
+}
+
+#changelist .actions span.all,
+#changelist .actions span.action-counter,
+#changelist .actions span.clear,
+#changelist .actions span.question {
+    font-size: 11px;
+    margin: 0 0.5em;
+    display: none;
+}
+
 #changelist .actions:last-child {
     border-bottom: none;
 }
diff --git a/django/contrib/admin/media/js/actions.js b/django/contrib/admin/media/js/actions.js
index 658f0156be..1c78cb15e7 100644
--- a/django/contrib/admin/media/js/actions.js
+++ b/django/contrib/admin/media/js/actions.js
@@ -1,83 +1,111 @@
-var Actions = {
-    init: function() {
-        counterSpans = document.getElementsBySelector('span._acnt');
-        counterContainer = document.getElementsBySelector('span.action_counter');
-        actionCheckboxes = document.getElementsBySelector('tr input.action-select');
-        selectAll = document.getElementById('action-toggle');
-        lastChecked = null;
-        for(var i = 0; i < counterContainer.length; i++) {
-            counterContainer[i].style.display = 'inline';
-        }
-        if (selectAll) {
-            selectAll.style.display = 'inline';
-            addEvent(selectAll, 'click', function() {
-                Actions.checker(selectAll.checked);
-                Actions.counter();
-            });
-        }
-        for(var i = 0; i < actionCheckboxes.length; i++) {
-            addEvent(actionCheckboxes[i], 'click', function(e) {
-                if (!e) { var e = window.event; }
-                var target = e.target ? e.target : e.srcElement;
-                if (lastChecked && lastChecked != target && e.shiftKey == true) {
-                    var inrange = false;
-                    lastChecked.checked = target.checked;
-                    Actions.toggleRow(lastChecked.parentNode.parentNode, target.checked);
-                    for (var i = 0; i < actionCheckboxes.length; i++) {
-                        if (actionCheckboxes[i] == lastChecked || actionCheckboxes[i] == target) {
-                            inrange = (inrange) ? false : true;
-                        }
-                        if (inrange) {
-                            actionCheckboxes[i].checked = target.checked;
-                            Actions.toggleRow(actionCheckboxes[i].parentNode.parentNode, target.checked);
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-                lastChecked = target;
-                Actions.counter();
-            });
-        }
-        var changelistTable = document.getElementsBySelector('#changelist table')[0];
-        if (changelistTable) {
-            addEvent(changelistTable, 'click', function(e) {
-                if (!e) { var e = window.event; }
-                var target = e.target ? e.target : e.srcElement;
-                if (target.nodeType == 3) { target = target.parentNode; }
-                if (target.className == 'action-select') {
-                    var tr = target.parentNode.parentNode;
-                    Actions.toggleRow(tr, target.checked);
-                }
-            });
-        }
-    },
-    toggleRow: function(tr, checked) {
-        if (checked && tr.className.indexOf('selected') == -1) {
-            tr.className += ' selected';
-        } else if (!checked) {
-            tr.className = tr.className.replace(' selected', '');
-        }  
-    },
-    checked: function() {
-        selectAll.checked = false;
-    },
-    checker: function(checked) {
-        for(var i = 0; i < actionCheckboxes.length; i++) {
-            actionCheckboxes[i].checked = checked;
-            Actions.toggleRow(actionCheckboxes[i].parentNode.parentNode, checked);
-        }
-    },
-    counter: function() {
-        counter = 0;
-        for(var i = 0; i < actionCheckboxes.length; i++) {
-            if(actionCheckboxes[i].checked){
-                counter++;
-            }
-        }
-        for(var i = 0; i < counterSpans.length; i++) {
-            counterSpans[i].innerHTML = counter;
-        }
-        selectAll.checked = (counter == actionCheckboxes.length);
-    }
-};
-
-addEvent(window, 'load', Actions.init);
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+(function($) {
+	$.fn.actions = function(opts) {
+		var options = $.extend({}, $.fn.actions.defaults, opts);
+		var actionCheckboxes = $(this);
+		checker = function(checked) {
+			if (checked) {
+				showQuestion();
+			} else {
+				reset();
+			}
+			$(actionCheckboxes).attr("checked", checked)
+				.parent().parent().toggleClass(options.selectedClass, checked);
+		}
+		updateCounter = function() {
+			var count = $(actionCheckboxes).filter(":checked").length;
+			$("span._acnt").html(count);
+			$(options.allToggle).attr("checked", function() {
+				if (count == actionCheckboxes.length) {
+					value = true;
+					showQuestion();
+				} else {
+					value = false;
+					clearAcross();
+				}
+				return value
+			});
+		}
+		showQuestion = function() {
+			$(options.acrossClears).hide();
+			$(options.acrossQuestions).show();
+			$(options.allContainer).hide();
+		}
+		showClear = function() {
+			$(options.acrossClears).show();
+			$(options.acrossQuestions).hide();
+			$(options.actionContainer).toggleClass(options.selectedClass);
+			$(options.allContainer).show();
+			$(options.counterContainer).hide();
+		}
+		reset = function() {
+			$(options.acrossClears).hide();
+			$(options.acrossQuestions).hide();
+			$(options.allContainer).hide();
+			$(options.counterContainer).show();
+		}
+		clearAcross = function() {
+			reset();
+			$(options.acrossInput).val(0);
+			$(options.actionContainer).removeClass(options.selectedClass);
+		}
+		// Show counter by default
+		$(options.counterContainer).show();
+		// Check state of checkboxes and reinit state if needed
+		$(this).filter(":checked").each(function(i) {
+			$(this).parent().parent().toggleClass(options.selectedClass);
+			updateCounter();
+			if ($(options.acrossInput).val() == 1) {
+				showClear();
+			}
+		});
+		$(options.allToggle).show().click(function() {
+			checker($(this).attr("checked"));
+			updateCounter();
+		});
+		$("div.actions span.question a").click(function(event) {
+			event.preventDefault();
+			$(options.acrossInput).val(1);
+			showClear();
+		});
+		$("div.actions span.clear a").click(function(event) {
+			event.preventDefault();
+			$(options.allToggle).attr("checked", false);
+			clearAcross();
+			checker(0);
+			updateCounter();
+		});
+		lastChecked = null;
+		$(actionCheckboxes).click(function(event) {
+			if (!event) { var event = window.event; }
+			var target = event.target ? event.target : event.srcElement;
+			if (lastChecked && $.data(lastChecked) != $.data(target) && event.shiftKey == true) {
+				var inrange = false;
+				$(lastChecked).attr("checked", target.checked)
+					.parent().parent().toggleClass(options.selectedClass, target.checked);
+				$(actionCheckboxes).each(function() {
+					if ($.data(this) == $.data(lastChecked) || $.data(this) == $.data(target)) {
+						inrange = (inrange) ? false : true;
+					}
+					if (inrange) {
+						$(this).attr("checked", target.checked)
+							.parent().parent().toggleClass(options.selectedClass, target.checked);
+					}
+				});
+			}
+			$(target).parent().parent().toggleClass(options.selectedClass, target.checked);
+			lastChecked = target;
+			updateCounter();
+		});
+	}
+	/* Setup plugin defaults */
+	$.fn.actions.defaults = {
+		actionContainer: "div.actions",
+		counterContainer: "span.action-counter",
+		allContainer: "div.actions span.all",
+		acrossInput: "div.actions input.select-across",
+		acrossQuestions: "div.actions span.question",
+		acrossClears: "div.actions span.clear",
+		allToggle: "#action-toggle",
+		selectedClass: "selected"
+	}
+})(jQuery);
diff --git a/django/contrib/admin/media/js/actions.min.js b/django/contrib/admin/media/js/actions.min.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aa3bbe1e74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/django/contrib/admin/media/js/actions.min.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+(function(a){a.fn.actions=function(d){var c=a.extend({},a.fn.actions.defaults,d);var b=a(this);checker=function(e){if(e){showQuestion()}else{reset()}a(b).attr("checked",e).parent().parent().toggleClass(c.selectedClass,e)};updateCounter=function(){var e=a(b).filter(":checked").length;a("span._acnt").html(e);a(c.allToggle).attr("checked",function(){if(e==b.length){value=true;showQuestion()}else{value=false;clearAcross()}return value})};showQuestion=function(){a(c.acrossClears).hide();a(c.acrossQuestions).show();a(c.allContainer).hide()};showClear=function(){a(c.acrossClears).show();a(c.acrossQuestions).hide();a(c.actionContainer).toggleClass(c.selectedClass);a(c.allContainer).show();a(c.counterContainer).hide()};reset=function(){a(c.acrossClears).hide();a(c.acrossQuestions).hide();a(c.allContainer).hide();a(c.counterContainer).show()};clearAcross=function(){reset();a(c.acrossInput).val(0);a(c.actionContainer).removeClass(c.selectedClass)};a(c.counterContainer).show();a(this).filter(":checked").each(function(e){a(this).parent().parent().toggleClass(c.selectedClass);updateCounter();if(a(c.acrossInput).val()==1){showClear()}});a(c.allToggle).show().click(function(){checker(a(this).attr("checked"));updateCounter()});a("div.actions span.question a").click(function(e){e.preventDefault();a(c.acrossInput).val(1);showClear()});a("div.actions span.clear a").click(function(e){e.preventDefault();a(c.allToggle).attr("checked",false);clearAcross();checker(0);updateCounter()});lastChecked=null;a(b).click(function(f){if(!f){var f=window.event}var g=f.target?f.target:f.srcElement;if(lastChecked&&a.data(lastChecked)!=a.data(g)&&f.shiftKey==true){var e=false;a(lastChecked).attr("checked",g.checked).parent().parent().toggleClass(c.selectedClass,g.checked);a(b).each(function(){if(a.data(this)==a.data(lastChecked)||a.data(this)==a.data(g)){e=(e)?false:true}if(e){a(this).attr("checked",g.checked).parent().parent().toggleClass(c.selectedClass,g.checked)}})}a(g).parent().parent().toggleClass(c.selectedClass,g.checked);lastChecked=g;updateCounter()})};a.fn.actions.defaults={actionContainer:"div.actions",counterContainer:"span.action-counter",allContainer:"div.actions span.all",acrossInput:"div.actions input.select-across",acrossQuestions:"div.actions span.question",acrossClears:"div.actions span.clear",allToggle:"#action-toggle",selectedClass:"selected"}})(jQuery);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/django/contrib/admin/options.py b/django/contrib/admin/options.py
index a0763088b5..9dfdb8bcfb 100644
--- a/django/contrib/admin/options.py
+++ b/django/contrib/admin/options.py
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ class ModelAdmin(BaseModelAdmin):
 
         js = ['js/core.js', 'js/admin/RelatedObjectLookups.js']
         if self.actions is not None:
-            js.extend(['js/getElementsBySelector.js', 'js/actions.js'])
+            js.extend(['js/jquery.min.js', 'js/actions.min.js'])
         if self.prepopulated_fields:
             js.append('js/urlify.js')
         if self.opts.get_ordered_objects():
@@ -724,18 +724,24 @@ class ModelAdmin(BaseModelAdmin):
         # If the form's valid we can handle the action.
         if action_form.is_valid():
             action = action_form.cleaned_data['action']
+            select_across = action_form.cleaned_data['select_across']
             func, name, description = self.get_actions(request)[action]
 
             # Get the list of selected PKs. If nothing's selected, we can't
-            # perform an action on it, so bail.
+            # perform an action on it, so bail. Except we want to perform
+            # the action explicitely on all objects.
             selected = request.POST.getlist(helpers.ACTION_CHECKBOX_NAME)
-            if not selected:
+            if not selected and not select_across:
                 # Reminder that something needs to be selected or nothing will happen
                 msg = _("Items must be selected in order to perform actions on them. No items have been changed.")
                 self.message_user(request, msg)
                 return None
 
-            response = func(self, request, queryset.filter(pk__in=selected))
+            if not select_across:
+                # Perform the action only on the selected objects
+                queryset = queryset.filter(pk__in=selected)
+
+            response = func(self, request, queryset)
 
             # Actions may return an HttpResponse, which will be used as the
             # response from the POST. If not, we'll be a good little HTTP
diff --git a/django/contrib/admin/templates/admin/actions.html b/django/contrib/admin/templates/admin/actions.html
index 6d96616678..f4e34215fa 100644
--- a/django/contrib/admin/templates/admin/actions.html
+++ b/django/contrib/admin/templates/admin/actions.html
@@ -1,10 +1,20 @@
 {% load i18n %}
 <div class="actions">
-    {% for field in action_form %}<label>{{ field.label }} {{ field }}</label>{% endfor %}
+    {% for field in action_form %}{% if field.label %}<label>{{ field.label }} {% endif %}{{ field }}{% if field.label %}</label>{% endif %}{% endfor %}
     <button type="submit" class="button" title="{% trans "Run the selected action" %}" name="index" value="{{ action_index|default:0 }}">{% trans "Go" %}</button>
     {% if actions_selection_counter %}
-    <span class="action_counter">
-      {% blocktrans with cl.result_count as total_count %}<span class="_acnt">0</span> of {{ total_count }} {{ module_name }} selected{% endblocktrans %}
-    </span>
+        <span class="action-counter">
+            {% blocktrans with cl.result_count as total_count %}<span class="_acnt">0</span> of {{ total_count }} {{ module_name }} selected{% endblocktrans %}
+        </span>
+        {% if cl.result_count != cl.result_list|length %}
+        <span class="all">
+            {% blocktrans with cl.result_count as total_count %}All {{ total_count }} {{ module_name }} selected{% endblocktrans %}
+        </span>
+        <span class="question">
+            <a href="javascript:;" title="{% trans "Click here to select all objects across all pages" %}">{% blocktrans with cl.result_count as total_count %}Select all {{ total_count }} {{ module_name }}{% endblocktrans %}</a>
+        </span>
+        <span class="clear"><a href="javascript:;">{% trans "Clear selection" %}</a></span>
+        {% endif %}
     {% endif %}
 </div>
+
diff --git a/django/contrib/admin/templates/admin/change_list.html b/django/contrib/admin/templates/admin/change_list.html
index 3bcec9832f..fc1f392e6c 100644
--- a/django/contrib/admin/templates/admin/change_list.html
+++ b/django/contrib/admin/templates/admin/change_list.html
@@ -17,6 +17,16 @@
   {% endif %}
 {% endblock %}
 
+{% block extrahead %}
+{{ media }}
+<script type="text/javascript">
+jQuery.noConflict();
+jQuery(document).ready(function($) {
+    $("tr input.action-select").actions();
+});
+</script>
+{% endblock %}
+
 {% block bodyclass %}change-list{% endblock %}
 
 {% if not is_popup %}