diff --git a/bitbake/lib/toaster/orm/models.py b/bitbake/lib/toaster/orm/models.py
index 1521717482..3c7f6611dc 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/toaster/orm/models.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/toaster/orm/models.py
@@ -737,6 +737,15 @@ class Layer_Version(models.Model):
     dirpath = models.CharField(max_length=255, null = True, default = None)          # LayerBranch.vcs_subdir
     priority = models.IntegerField(default = 0)         # if -1, this is a default layer
 
+    def get_vcs_link_url(self, file_path="/"):
+        if self.layer.vcs_web_file_base_url is None:
+            return None
+        return self.layer.vcs_web_file_base_url.replace('%path%', file_path).replace('%branch%', self.up_branch.name)
+
+    def get_vcs_link_url_dirpath(self):
+        return self.get_vcs_link_url(self.dirpath)
+
+
     def __unicode__(self):
         return "LV " + str(self.layer) + " " + self.commit
 
diff --git a/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/static/css/default.css b/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/static/css/default.css
index 8780c4f23d..9e62c6c8e7 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/static/css/default.css
+++ b/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/static/css/default.css
@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ dd p { line-height: 20px; }
 .tooltip { z-index: 2000 !important; }
 
 /* Override default Twitter Boostrap styles for anchor tags inside tables */
-td a { color: #333333; }
+td a, td a > code { color: #333333; }
+td a > code { white-space: normal; }
 td a:hover { color: #000000; text-decoration: underline; }
 
 /* Override default Twitter Bootstrap styles for tr.error */
diff --git a/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/templates/basetable_top.html b/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/templates/basetable_top.html
index bffa731e13..e3f6a4ee23 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/templates/basetable_top.html
+++ b/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/templates/basetable_top.html
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@
         </form>
         <div class="pull-right">
 {% if tablecols %}
+                {% block custombuttons%} {% endblock %}
             <div class="btn-group">
                 <button class="btn dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown">Edit columns
                     <span class="caret"></span>
diff --git a/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/templates/basetable_top_layers.html b/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/templates/basetable_top_layers.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bd6e7dd2de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/templates/basetable_top_layers.html
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{% extends "basetable_top.html" %}
+
+{%block custombuttons %}
+    <a class="btn" href="{% url 'importlayer' %}" style="margin-right:5px;">Import layer</a>
+{%endblock%}
diff --git a/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/templates/layers.html b/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/templates/layers.html
index b32a7ed2e2..52eed86657 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/templates/layers.html
+++ b/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/templates/layers.html
@@ -9,43 +9,63 @@
 {% block projectinfomain %}
                 <div class="page-header">
                     <h1>
-                        All layers
-                        <i class="icon-question-sign get-help heading-help" title="This page lists all the layers compatible with Yocto Project 1.7 'Dxxxx' that Toaster knows about. They include community-created layers suitable for use on top of OpenEmbedded Core and any layers you have imported"></i>
+  {% if request.GET.search and objects.paginator.count > 0  %}
+      {{objects.paginator.count}} layer{{objects.paginator.count|pluralize}} found
+  {%elif request.GET.search and objects.paginator.count == 0%}
+      No layer found
+  {%else%}
+      All layers
+  {%endif%}
+                        <i class="icon-question-sign get-help heading-help" title="This page lists all the layers compatible with " + {{project.release.name}} + " that Toaster knows about."></i>
                      </h1>
                 </div>
-                <!--div class="alert">
-                    <div class="input-append" style="margin-bottom:0px;">
-                        <input class="input-xxlarge" type="text" placeholder="Search layers" value="browser" />
-                        <a class="add-on btn">
-                            <i class="icon-remove"></i>
-                        </a>
-                        <button class="btn" type="button">Search</button>
-                        <a class="btn btn-link" href="#">Show all layers</a>
-                    </div>
-                </div-->
+
+  <div id="zone1alerts">
+
+  </div>
+
+
                 <div id="layer-added" class="alert alert-info lead" style="display:none;"></div>
-                <div id="layer-removed" class="alert alert-info lead" style="display:none;">
-                    <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="alert">&times;</button>
-                    <strong>1</strong> layer deleted from <a href="project-with-targets.html">your project</a>: <a href="#">meta-aarch64</a>
-                </div>
 
 
-{% include "basetable_top.html" %}
+{% include "basetable_top_layers.html" %}
     {% for lv in objects %}
     <tr class="data">
             <td class="layer"><a href="{% url 'layerdetails' lv.id %}">{{lv.layer.name}}</a></td>
             <td class="description">{{lv.layer.summary}}</td>
             <td class="source"><a href="{% url 'layerdetails' lv.pk %}">{{lv.layer_source.name}}</a></td>
-            <td class="git-repo"><a href="{% url 'layerdetails' lv.pk %}"><code>{{lv.layer.layer_index_url}}</code></a></td>
-            <td class="git-subdir" style="display: table-cell;"><a href="{% url 'layerdetails' lv.pk %}"><code>{{lv.dirpath}}</code></a></td>
+            <td class="git-repo"><a href="{% url 'layerdetails' lv.pk %}"><code>{{lv.layer.vcs_url}}</code></a>
+            {% if lv.get_vcs_link_url %}
+            <a target="_blank" href="{{ lv.get_vcs_link_url }}"><i class="icon-share get-info"></i></a>
+        {% endif %}
+        </td>
+            <td class="git-subdir" style="display: table-cell;"><a href="{% url 'layerdetails' lv.pk %}"><code>{{lv.dirpath}}</code></a>
+              {% if lv.get_vcs_link_url %}
+            <a target="_blank" href="{{ lv.get_vcs_link_url_dirpath }}"><i class="icon-share get-info"></i></a>
+        {% endif %}
+        </td>
             <td class="branch">{% if lv.branch %}{{lv.branch}}{% else %}{{lv.up_branch.name}}{% endif %}</td>
-            <td class="dependencies">{% for lvs in lv.dependencies.all %}{{lvs.layer.name}}<br/>{%endfor%}</td>
-            <td class="add-layers">
-                <button id="remove-layer-{{lv.pk}}" class="btn btn-danger btn-block remove-layer" title="1 layer deleted" style="display:none;">
+            <td class="dependencies">
+        {% with lvds=lv.dependencies.all%}
+            {% if lvds.count %}
+                    <a class="btn"
+                        title="<a href='{% url "layerdetails" lv.pk %}'>{{lv.layer.name}}</a> dependencies"
+                        data-content="<ul class='unstyled'>
+                          {% for i in lvds%}
+                            <li><a href='{% url "layerdetails" i.depends_on.pk %}'>{{i.depends_on.layer.name}}</a></li>
+                          {% endfor %}
+                        </ul>">
+                        {{lvds.count}}
+                    </a>
+            {% endif %}
+        {% endwith %}
+            </td>
+            <td class="add-del-layers" value="{{lv.pk}}">
+                <button id="layer-del-{{lv.pk}}" class="btn btn-danger btn-block remove-layer" style="display:none;" onclick="layerDel({{lv.pk}}, '{{lv.layer.name}}', '{%url 'layerdetails' lv.pk%}')">
                     <i class="icon-trash"></i>
                     Delete layer
                 </button>
-                <button id="add-layer-{{lv.pk}}" class="btn  btn-block add-layer" title="1 layer added">
+                <button id="layer-add-{{lv.pk}}" class="btn btn-block" style="display:none;" onclick="layerAdd({{lv.pk}}, '{{lv.layer.name}}', '{%url 'layerdetails' lv.pk%}')" >
                     <i class="icon-plus"></i>
                     Add layer
                 </button>
@@ -57,113 +77,145 @@
     <!-- Modals -->
 
     <!-- 'Layer dependencies modal' -->
-    <div id="dependencies-message" class="modal hide fade" tabindex="-1" role="dialog" aria-hidden="true">
+    <div id="dependencies_modal" class="modal hide fade" tabindex="-1" role="dialog" aria-hidden="true">
+        <form id="dependencies_modal_form">
         <div class="modal-header">
             <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-hidden="true">x</button>
-            <h3>meta-acer dependencies</h3>
+            <h3><span class="layer-name"></span> dependencies</h3>
         </div>
         <div class="modal-body">
-            <p><strong>meta-acer</strong> depends on some layers that are not added to your project. Select the ones you want to add:</p>
-            <ul class="unstyled">
-                <li>
-                    <label class="checkbox">
-                        <input type="checkbox" checked="checked">
-                        meta-android
-                    </label>
-                </li>
-                <li>
-                    <label class="checkbox">
-                        <input type="checkbox" checked="checked">
-                        meta-oe
-                    </label>
-                </li>
+            <p><strong class="layer-name"></strong> depends on some layers that are not added to your project. Select the ones you want to add:</p>
+            <ul class="unstyled" id="dependencies_list">
             </ul>
         </div>
         <div class="modal-footer">
-            <button id="add-layer-dependencies" type="submit" class="btn btn-primary" data-dismiss="modal" >Add layers</button>
-            <button class="btn" data-dismiss="modal">Cancel</button>
+            <button class="btn btn-primary" type="submit">Add layers</button>
+            <button class="btn" type="reset" data-dismiss="modal">Cancel</button>
         </div>
+        </form>
     </div>
 
-    <script>
-     $(document).ready(function() {
+<script>
 
-        //show or hide selected columns on load
-        $("input:checkbox").each(function(){
-            var selectedType = $(this).val();
-            if($(this).is(":checked")){
-                $("."+selectedType).show();
+function _makeXHREditCall(data, onsuccess, onfail) {
+    $.ajax( {
+        type: "POST",
+        url: "{% url 'xhr_projectedit' project.id %}",
+        data: data,
+        headers: { 'X-CSRFToken' : $.cookie('csrftoken')},
+        success: function (_data) {
+            if (_data.error != "ok") {
+                alert(_data.error);
+            } else {
+                updateButtons(_data.layers.map(function (e) {return e.id}));
+                if (onsuccess != undefined) onsuccess(_data);
             }
-            else{
-                $("."+selectedType).hide();
+        },
+        error: function (_data) {
+            alert("Call failed");
+            console.log(_data);
+        }
+    });
+}
+
+
+function layerDel(layerId, layerName, layerURL) {
+    _makeXHREditCall({ 'layerDel': layerId }, function () {
+        show_alert("<strong>1</strong> layer deleted from <a href=\"{% url 'project' project.id%}\">{{project.name}}</a>: <a href=\""+layerURL+"\">" + layerName +"</a>");
+    });
+}
+
+function show_alert(text, cls) {
+    $("#zone1alerts").html("<div class=\"alert alert-info\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"close\" data-dismiss=\"alert\">&times;</button>" + text + "</div>");
+}
+
+function show_dependencies_modal(layerId, layerName, layerURL, dependencies) {
+    // update layer name
+    $('.layer-name').text(layerName);
+    var deplistHtml = "";
+    for (var i = 0; i < dependencies.length; i++) {
+        deplistHtml += "<li><label class=\"checkbox\"><input name=\"dependencies\" value=\""
+        deplistHtml += dependencies[i].id;
+        deplistHtml +="\" type=\"checkbox\" checked=\"checked\"/>";
+        deplistHtml += dependencies[i].name;
+        deplistHtml += "</label></li>";
+    }
+    $('#dependencies_list').html(deplistHtml);
+
+    $("#dependencies_modal_form").submit(function (e) {
+        e.preventDefault();
+        var selected = [layerId];
+        $("input[name='dependencies']:checked").map(function () { selected.push(parseInt($(this).val()))});
+
+        _makeXHREditCall({ 'layerAdd': selected.join(",") }, function () {
+            var layer_link_list = "<a href='"+layerURL+"'>"+layerName+"</a>";
+            for (var i = 0; i < selected.length; i++) {
+                for (var j = 0; j < dependencies.length; i++) {
+                    if (dependencies[j].id == selected[i]) {
+                        layer_link_list+= ", <a href='"+dependencies[j].layerdetailurl+"'>"+dependencies[j].name+"</a>"
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
             }
+
+            $('#dependencies_modal').modal('hide');
+            show_alert("<strong>"+selected.length+"</strong> layers added to <a href=\"{% url 'project' project.id%}\">{{project.name}}</a>:" + layer_link_list);
         });
+    });
+    $('#dependencies_modal').modal('show');
+}
 
-        // enable add layer button
-        $('#add-layer-with-deps').removeAttr('disabled');
 
-        //edit columns functionality (show / hide table columns)
-        $("input:checkbox").change();
-            $("input:checkbox").change(function(){
-                var selectedType = $(this).val();
-                    if($(this).is(":checked")){
-                        $("."+selectedType).show();
+function layerAdd(layerId, layerName, layerURL) {
+    $.ajax({
+        url: '{% url "xhr_datatypeahead" %}',
+        data: {'type': 'layerdeps','value':layerId},
+        success: function(_data) {
+                if (_data.error != "ok") {
+                    alert(_data.error);
+                } else {
+                    if (_data.list.length > 0) {
+                        show_dependencies_modal(layerId, layerName, layerURL, _data.list);
                     }
-                    else{
-                        $("."+selectedType).hide();
+                    else {
+                        _makeXHREditCall({ 'layerAdd': layerId }, function () {
+        show_alert("<strong>1</strong> layer added to <a href=\"{% url 'project' project.id%}\">{{project.name}}</a>: <a href=\""+layerURL+"\">" + layerName +"</a>");
+                        });
                     }
-            });
+                }
+            }
+    })
+}
 
-        //turn edit columns dropdown into a multi-select menu
-        $('.dropdown-menu input, .dropdown-menu label').click(function(e) {
-            e.stopPropagation();
-        });
+function button_set(id, state) {
+    if (state == "add")
+    {
+        $("#layer-add-" + id).show();
+        $("#layer-del-" + id).hide();
+    }
+    else if (state == "del")
+    {
+        $("#layer-add-" + id).hide();
+        $("#layer-del-" + id).show();
+    }
+};
 
-        //show tooltip with applied filter
-        $('#filtered').tooltip({container:'table', placement:'bottom', delay:{hide:1500}, html:true});
+function updateButtons(projectLayers) {
+    var displayedLayers = [];
+    $(".add-del-layers").map(function () { displayedLayers.push(parseInt($(this).attr('value')))});
+    for (var i=0; i < displayedLayers.length; i++) {
+        if (projectLayers.indexOf(displayedLayers[i]) > -1) {
+            button_set(displayedLayers[i], "del");
+        }
+        else {
+            button_set(displayedLayers[i], "add");
+        }
+    }
+}
 
-        $('#filtered').click(function() {
-            $(this).tooltip('hide');
-        });
-
-        //show layer added tooltip
-        $("#remove-layer, #add-layer, #add-layer-with-deps2").tooltip({ trigger: 'manual' });
-
-        // add layer without dependencies
-        $("#add-layer").click(function(){
-            $('#layer-removed').hide();
-            $('#layer-added').html('<button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="alert">&times;</button><strong>1</strong> layer added to <a href="project-with-targets.html">your project</a>: <a href="#">meta-aarch64</a>').fadeIn();
-            $('#add-layer').tooltip('show');
-            $("#add-layer").hide();
-            $(".add-layers .tooltip").delay(2000).fadeOut(function(){
-                $("#remove-layer").delay(300).fadeIn();
-            });
-        });
-
-        // add layer with dependencies
-        $(document).on("click", "#add-layer-dependencies", function() {
-            $('#layer-removed').hide();
-            $('#layer-added').html('<button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="alert">&times;</button><strong>3</strong> layers added to <a href="project-with-targets.html">your project</a>: <a href="#">meta-acer</a> and its dependencies <a href="#">meta-android</a> and <a href="#">meta-oe</a>').delay(400).fadeIn(function(){
-                $('#add-layer-with-deps').tooltip('show');
-                $("#add-layer-with-deps, #add-layer-with-deps").hide();
-                $(".add-layers .tooltip").delay(2000).fadeOut(function(){
-                    $("#remove-layer-with-deps").delay(300).fadeIn();
-                });
-            });
-        });
-
-        // delete layer
-        $("#remove-layer").click(function(){
-            $('#layer-added').hide();
-            $('#layer-removed').show();
-            $('#remove-layer').tooltip('show');
-            $("#remove-layer").hide();
-            $(".add-layers .tooltip").delay(2000).fadeOut(function(){
-                $("#add-layer").delay(300).fadeIn();
-            });
-        });
-
-     });
+$(document).ready(function (){
+    updateButtons({{projectlayerset}});
+});
 
 </script>
 
diff --git a/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/views.py b/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/views.py
index 5fe4a9d869..53f46ff532 100755
--- a/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/views.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/views.py
@@ -2062,7 +2062,8 @@ if toastermain.settings.MANAGED:
 
                 return HttpResponse(json.dumps( { "error":"ok",
                     "list" : map(
-                        lambda x: {"id": x.pk, "name": x.layer.name, "detail": "(" + x.layer.layer_source.name + (")" if x.up_branch == None else " | "+x.up_branch.name+")")},
+                        lambda x: {"id": x.pk, "name": x.layer.name, "detail": "(" + x.layer.layer_source.name + (")" if x.up_branch == None else " | "+x.up_branch.name+")"),
+                                   "layerdetailurl" : reverse('layerdetails', args=(x.pk,))},
                         map(lambda x: x.depends_on, queryset_all))
                     }), content_type = "application/json")
 
@@ -2131,8 +2132,18 @@ if toastermain.settings.MANAGED:
         (filter_string, search_term, ordering_string) = _search_tuple(request, Layer_Version)
 
         queryset_all = Layer_Version.objects.all()
+        # mock an empty Project if we are outside project context
+        class _mockProject(object):
+            id = -1
+            class _mockManager(object):
+                def all(self):
+                    return []
+            projectlayer_set = _mockManager()
+        prj = _mockProject()
+
         if 'project_id' in request.session:
-            queryset_all = queryset_all.filter(up_branch__in = Branch.objects.filter(name = Project.objects.get(pk = request.session['project_id']).release.name))
+            prj = Project.objects.get(pk = request.session['project_id'])
+            queryset_all = queryset_all.filter(up_branch__in = Branch.objects.filter(name = prj.release.name))
 
         queryset_with_search = _get_queryset(Layer_Version, queryset_all, None, search_term, ordering_string, '-layer__name')
         queryset = _get_queryset(Layer_Version, queryset_all, filter_string, search_term, ordering_string, '-layer__name')
@@ -2142,6 +2153,8 @@ if toastermain.settings.MANAGED:
 
 
         context = {
+            'prj' : prj,
+            'projectlayerset' : json.dumps(map(lambda x: x.layercommit.id, prj.projectlayer_set.all())),
             'objects' : layer_info,
             'objectname' : "layers",
             'default_orderby' : 'layer__name:+',
@@ -2164,7 +2177,7 @@ if toastermain.settings.MANAGED:
                     'filter': {
                         'class': 'layer',
                         'label': 'Show:',
-                        'options': map(lambda x: (x.name, 'layer_source__pk:' + str(x.id), queryset_with_search.filter(layer_source__pk = x.id).count() ), LayerSource.objects.all()),
+                        'options': map(lambda x: (x.name + " layers", 'layer_source__pk:' + str(x.id), queryset_with_search.filter(layer_source__pk = x.id).count() ), LayerSource.objects.all()),
                     }
                 },
                 {   'name': 'Git repository URL',
@@ -2188,6 +2201,15 @@ if toastermain.settings.MANAGED:
                 {   'name': 'Add | Delete',
                     'dclass': 'span2',
                     'qhelp': "Add or delete layers to / from your project ",
+                    'filter': {
+                        'class': 'add-del-layers',
+                        'label': 'Show:',
+                        'options': [
+              ('Layers added to this project', "projectlayer__project:" + str(prj.id), queryset_with_search.filter(projectlayer__project = prj.id).count()),
+              ('Layers not added to this project', "projectlayer__project:NOT" + str(prj.id), queryset_with_search.exclude(projectlayer__project = prj.id).count()),
+                                   ]
+
+                    }
                 },
 
             ]