Keyboard Shortcut - External Display

Hey all!
I got macbook pro running 10.6 Snow Leopard. My screen just died a week ago but appart from that whole laptop is working fine. It works with an external display but when I connect it the external display works just as a second (additional) desktop and there is just a wallpaper on it. Is there any shortcut I can switch my external display to a primary display?
Many thanks for you replies!

Hi
I don;t have an external to test with, and I guess your 2008 mbp lacks the handy F7 video toggle key?
Option-Brightness (F1 or F2) brings up display prefs - do they show on both displays, perhaps?

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