Is there a keyboard shortcut for cycling/toggling between layers in Illustrator CC?

I'm trying to improve my workflow by finding/customizing a key command to cycle through my layers panel without clicking in Illustrator CC. In Photoshop, this command is super easy: opt + [ or ], while moving a layer above the selected one is command + [ or ]. Does anyone know if this is possible in CC? I'm reading it was in CS6 as ctrl + [ or ], but that isn't working for me.

by cycling, do you mean "highlighting" ("activating") layers?

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Alt click on show/hide, lock/unlock, and expand and collapse arrows will apply to all.
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http://fireworksinstructionalvideos.com/commands/NewLayerCloseOthers.zip
Video here: http://fireworksinstructionalvideos.com/tutorials/index.html

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QuickFire: lets you quickly match a layer by typing part of its name and then hiding it, locking it, etc. http://johndunning.com/fireworks/about/QuickFire
Solo Selection: hides all elements except the selected ones, so you can work on just a part of the document. Run it again to make everything visible again. http://johndunning.com/fireworks/about/SoloCommand
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