Index: src/org/openstreetmap/josm/gui/MainMenu.java
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--- src/org/openstreetmap/josm/gui/MainMenu.java	(revision 1461)
+++ src/org/openstreetmap/josm/gui/MainMenu.java	(working copy)
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@
 import javax.swing.JMenuItem;
 import javax.swing.KeyStroke;
 
+/* For the fullscreen action */
+import java.awt.Frame;
+import java.awt.GraphicsEnvironment;
+import java.awt.GraphicsConfiguration;
+import java.awt.GraphicsDevice;
+
 import org.openstreetmap.josm.Main;
 import org.openstreetmap.josm.actions.AboutAction;
 import org.openstreetmap.josm.actions.AddNodeAction;
@@ -228,6 +234,27 @@
             JosmAction autoScaleAction = new AutoScaleAction(mode);
             add(viewMenu, autoScaleAction);
         }
+        viewMenu.addSeparator();
+        // TODO move code to an "action" like the others?
+        final JCheckBoxMenuItem fullscreen = new JCheckBoxMenuItem(tr("Full Screen"));
+        fullscreen.setSelected(Main.pref.getBoolean("draw.fullscreen", false));
+        fullscreen.setAccelerator(Shortcut.registerShortcut("menu:view:fullscreen", tr("Toggle Full Screen view"),
+                KeyEvent.VK_F11, Shortcut.GROUP_DIRECT).getKeyStroke());
+        fullscreen.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
+            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ev) {
+                Main.pref.put("draw.fullscreen", fullscreen.isSelected());
+
+                GraphicsEnvironment ge = GraphicsEnvironment.getLocalGraphicsEnvironment();
+                GraphicsDevice gs = ge.getDefaultScreenDevice();
+
+                if (Main.pref.getBoolean("draw.fullscreen")) {
+                    gs.setFullScreenWindow((Frame)Main.parent);
+                } else {
+                    gs.setFullScreenWindow(null);
+                }
+            }
+        });
+        viewMenu.add(fullscreen);
         add(viewMenu, KeyEvent.VK_V, "view");
 
         add(toolsMenu, splitWay);