diff --git a/sandbox/pom.xml b/sandbox/pom.xml
index f2be3108..7d8b667b 100644
--- a/sandbox/pom.xml
+++ b/sandbox/pom.xml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 
     <modules>
         <module>sandbox-common</module>
+        <module>sandbox-swing</module>
     </modules>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/sandbox/sandbox-swing/pom.xml b/sandbox/sandbox-swing/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dad2dbad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sandbox/sandbox-swing/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>com.twelvemonkeys.sandbox</groupId>
+        <artifactId>sandbox</artifactId>
+        <version>3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+    <artifactId>sandbox-swing</artifactId>
+    <packaging>jar</packaging>
+    <name>TwelveMonkeys :: Sandbox :: Swing</name>
+    <description>
+        The TwelveMonkeys Sandbox Swing. Experimental stuff.
+    </description>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/sandbox/sandbox-swing/src/main/java/com/twelvemonkeys/swing/filechooser/FileSystemViews.java b/sandbox/sandbox-swing/src/main/java/com/twelvemonkeys/swing/filechooser/FileSystemViews.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..365af42c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sandbox/sandbox-swing/src/main/java/com/twelvemonkeys/swing/filechooser/FileSystemViews.java
@@ -0,0 +1,206 @@
+package com.twelvemonkeys.swing.filechooser;
+
+import com.twelvemonkeys.lang.Platform;
+import com.twelvemonkeys.lang.Validate;
+
+import javax.swing.*;
+import javax.swing.filechooser.FileSystemView;
+import javax.swing.filechooser.FileView;
+import javax.swing.plaf.FileChooserUI;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+/**
+ * FileSystemViews
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:harald.kuhr@gmail.com">Harald Kuhr</a>
+ * @author last modified by $Author: haraldk$
+ * @version $Id: FileSystemViews.java,v 1.0 Jan 14, 2010 3:19:51 PM haraldk Exp$
+ */
+public final class FileSystemViews {
+
+    public static FileSystemView getFileSystemView() {
+        if (Platform.os() == Platform.OperatingSystem.MacOS) {
+            return ProxyFileSystemView.instance;
+        }
+
+        return FileSystemView.getFileSystemView();
+    }
+
+    private static class ProxyFileSystemView extends FileSystemView {
+
+        private static final FileSystemView instance = createFSV();
+
+        private static FileSystemView createFSV() {
+            FileSystemView view = FileSystemView.getFileSystemView();
+
+            try {
+                FileChooserUI ui = null;
+/* NOTE: The following is faster, but does not work reliably, as getSystemTypeDescription will return null...
+
+                // The below is really a lot of hassle to avoid creating a JFileChooser. Maybe not a good idea?
+                String uiClassName = UIManager.getString("FileChooserUI");
+                try {
+                    @SuppressWarnings({"unchecked"})
+                    Class<FileChooserUI> uiClass = (Class<FileChooserUI>) Class.forName(uiClassName);
+                    @SuppressWarnings({"unchecked"})
+                    Constructor<FileChooserUI>[] constructors = uiClass.getDeclaredConstructors();
+                    for (Constructor constructor : constructors) {
+                        if (!constructor.isAccessible()) {
+                            constructor.setAccessible(true);
+                        }
+
+                        Class[] parameterTypes = constructor.getParameterTypes();
+
+                        // Test the two most likely constructors
+                        if (parameterTypes.length == 0) {
+                            ui = (FileChooserUI) constructor.newInstance();
+                            break;
+                        }
+                        else if (parameterTypes.length == 1 && parameterTypes[0] == JFileChooser.class) {
+                            ui = (FileChooserUI) constructor.newInstance((JFileChooser) null);
+                            break;
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+                catch (Exception ignore) {
+                    ignore.printStackTrace();
+                }
+
+                if (ui == null) {
+*/
+                    // Somewhat slower, but should work even if constructors change
+                    ui = new JFileChooser().getUI();
+//                }
+
+                return new ProxyFileSystemView(ui.getFileView(null), view);
+            }
+            catch (Throwable ignore) {
+            }
+
+            // Fall back to default view
+            return view;
+        }
+
+        private final FileView mUIView;
+        private final FileSystemView mDefaultView;
+
+        public ProxyFileSystemView(final FileView pUIView, final FileSystemView pDefaultView) {
+            Validate.notNull(pUIView, "uiView");
+            Validate.notNull(pDefaultView, "defaultFileSystemView");
+
+            mUIView = pUIView;
+            mDefaultView = pDefaultView;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public Boolean isTraversable(File f) {
+            return mUIView.isTraversable(f);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public String getSystemDisplayName(File f) {
+            return mUIView.getName(f);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public String getSystemTypeDescription(File f) {
+            return mUIView.getTypeDescription(f);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public Icon getSystemIcon(File f) {
+            return mUIView.getIcon(f);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean isRoot(File f) {
+            return mDefaultView.isRoot(f);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean isParent(File folder, File file) {
+            return mDefaultView.isParent(folder, file);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public File getChild(File parent, String fileName) {
+            return mDefaultView.getChild(parent, fileName);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean isFileSystem(File f) {
+            return mDefaultView.isFileSystem(f);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean isHiddenFile(File f) {
+            return mDefaultView.isHiddenFile(f);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean isFileSystemRoot(File dir) {
+            return mDefaultView.isFileSystemRoot(dir);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean isDrive(File dir) {
+            return mDefaultView.isDrive(dir);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean isFloppyDrive(File dir) {
+            return mDefaultView.isFloppyDrive(dir);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean isComputerNode(File dir) {
+            return mDefaultView.isComputerNode(dir);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public File[] getRoots() {
+            return mDefaultView.getRoots();
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public File getHomeDirectory() {
+            return mDefaultView.getHomeDirectory();
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public File getDefaultDirectory() {
+            return mDefaultView.getDefaultDirectory();
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public File createFileObject(File dir, String filename) {
+            return mDefaultView.createFileObject(dir, filename);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public File createFileObject(String path) {
+            return mDefaultView.createFileObject(path);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public File[] getFiles(File dir, boolean useFileHiding) {
+            return mDefaultView.getFiles(dir, useFileHiding);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public File getParentDirectory(File dir) {
+            return mDefaultView.getParentDirectory(dir);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public File createNewFolder(File containingDir) throws IOException {
+            return mDefaultView.createNewFolder(containingDir);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public String toString() {
+            return super.toString() + "[" + mUIView + ", " + mDefaultView + "]";
+        }
+    }
+}