You'll need to modify the control to change that behaviour. You'll also have to do it again on any upgrades, unless they fix it in the core.
The changes are outlined here:
http://www.dotnetnuke.com/Community/Forums/tabid/795/forumid/108/threadid/139695/threadpage/1/scope/posts/Default.aspx
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