How to video out without closing the lid ?

Dear all,
I have a macbook from the latest generation with an external screen plugged on the DVI. If I want to use the screen as main display and not the one from my macbook, I need to close the lid of my laptop and reactivate it with my bluetooth mouse.
Any clue if there is a nicer way to do this (like FN+F4 on PC laptops) ?
Thanks a lot !

You can try this. http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/4315/picture1cr8.jpg
I just torn off brightness on Macs screen and leave 5 mm...
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