Index: trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/actions/ViewportFollowToggleAction.java
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--- trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/actions/ViewportFollowToggleAction.java	(revision 15707)
+++ trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/actions/ViewportFollowToggleAction.java	(revision 15708)
@@ -9,4 +9,5 @@
 
 import org.openstreetmap.josm.actions.mapmode.DrawAction;
+import org.openstreetmap.josm.data.preferences.BooleanProperty;
 import org.openstreetmap.josm.gui.Notification;
 import org.openstreetmap.josm.gui.util.GuiHelper;
@@ -18,4 +19,9 @@
  */
 public class ViewportFollowToggleAction extends ToggleAction {
+
+    /**
+     * Defines if a notification should be displayed after enabling and disabling
+     */
+    public static final BooleanProperty PROP_NOTIFICATION = new BooleanProperty("viewportfollow.notification", true);
 
     /**
@@ -39,5 +45,5 @@
         toggleSelectedState(e);
         DrawAction.VIEWPORT_FOLLOWING.put(isSelected());
-        if (!getShortcut().getKeyText().isEmpty()) {
+        if (!getShortcut().getKeyText().isEmpty() && PROP_NOTIFICATION.get()) {
             String msg = isSelected()
                     ? tr("Viewport following is enabled, press {0} to disable it", getShortcut().getKeyText())