diff --git a/diylc/diylc-core/src/org/diylc/presenter/update.xml b/diylc/diylc-core/src/org/diylc/presenter/update.xml
index 329fd43a..2d6f1df9 100644
--- a/diylc/diylc-core/src/org/diylc/presenter/update.xml
+++ b/diylc/diylc-core/src/org/diylc/presenter/update.xml
@@ -4186,6 +4186,10 @@
 			<releaseDate>2022-11-16 00:00:00.000 CET</releaseDate>
 			<name></name>
 			<changes>
+				<org.diylc.appframework.update.Change>
+					<changeType>NEW_FEATURE</changeType>
+					<description>Keyboard shortcuts for toggling layer visibility using Ctrl + 1 through Ctrl + 5</description>
+				</org.diylc.appframework.update.Change>
 				<org.diylc.appframework.update.Change>
 					<changeType>IMPROVEMENT</changeType>
 					<description>Circuit analysis algorithm that supports netlist extraction, 'Highlight connected Areas' and 'Guitar Wiring Analyzer' features improved to take PCB trace layer and component z-order into account for better accuracy</description>
diff --git a/diylc/diylc-swing/src/org/diylc/swing/plugins/layers/LayersMenuPlugin.java b/diylc/diylc-swing/src/org/diylc/swing/plugins/layers/LayersMenuPlugin.java
index b1764390..d5b488c7 100644
--- a/diylc/diylc-swing/src/org/diylc/swing/plugins/layers/LayersMenuPlugin.java
+++ b/diylc/diylc-swing/src/org/diylc/swing/plugins/layers/LayersMenuPlugin.java
@@ -21,13 +21,16 @@
 */
 package org.diylc.swing.plugins.layers;
 
+import java.awt.Toolkit;
 import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
+import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
 import java.util.EnumSet;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 import javax.swing.AbstractAction;
 import javax.swing.Action;
+import javax.swing.KeyStroke;
 import org.diylc.common.EventType;
 import org.diylc.common.IPlugIn;
 import org.diylc.common.IPlugInPort;
@@ -73,7 +76,9 @@ public class LayersMenuPlugin implements IPlugIn {
 //          selectAllActionMap.get(zOrder).setEnabled(!(Boolean) getValue(Action.SELECTED_KEY));
         }
       };
-      visibleAction.putValue(IView.CHECK_BOX_MENU_ITEM, true);
+      visibleAction.putValue(IView.CHECK_BOX_MENU_ITEM, true);
+      visibleAction.putValue(AbstractAction.ACCELERATOR_KEY, KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_0 + zOrder,
+          Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getMenuShortcutKeyMask()));
       visibleActionMap.put(layer, visibleAction);
 
       AbstractAction selectAllAction = new AbstractAction("Select All") {