diff --git a/arduino-ide-extension/src/browser/arduino-ide-frontend-module.ts b/arduino-ide-extension/src/browser/arduino-ide-frontend-module.ts
index d6e9571f7..d4552bb83 100644
--- a/arduino-ide-extension/src/browser/arduino-ide-frontend-module.ts
+++ b/arduino-ide-extension/src/browser/arduino-ide-frontend-module.ts
@@ -338,6 +338,10 @@ import { OutputEditorFactory } from './theia/output/output-editor-factory';
 import { StartupTaskProvider } from '../electron-common/startup-task';
 import { DeleteSketch } from './contributions/delete-sketch';
 import { UserFields } from './contributions/user-fields';
+import { KeybindingRegistry } from './theia/core/keybinding';
+import { KeybindingRegistry as TheiaKeybindingRegistry } from '@theia/core/lib/browser/keybinding';
+import { KeyboardLayoutService } from './theia/core/keyboard-layout-service';
+import { KeyboardLayoutService as TheiaKeyboardLayoutService } from '@theia/core/lib/browser/keyboard/keyboard-layout-service';
 
 const registerArduinoThemes = () => {
   const themes: MonacoThemeJson[] = [
@@ -996,4 +1000,10 @@ export default new ContainerModule((bind, unbind, isBound, rebind) => {
   rebind(TheiaHostedPluginSupport).toService(HostedPluginSupport);
   bind(HostedPluginEvents).toSelf().inSingletonScope();
   bind(FrontendApplicationContribution).toService(HostedPluginEvents);
+
+  // #1428
+  bind(KeybindingRegistry).toSelf().inSingletonScope();
+  rebind(TheiaKeybindingRegistry).toService(KeybindingRegistry);
+  bind(KeyboardLayoutService).toSelf().inSingletonScope();
+  rebind(TheiaKeyboardLayoutService).toService(KeyboardLayoutService);
 });
diff --git a/arduino-ide-extension/src/browser/theia/core/keybinding.ts b/arduino-ide-extension/src/browser/theia/core/keybinding.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..69c72a08f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arduino-ide-extension/src/browser/theia/core/keybinding.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import {
+  KeybindingContext,
+  KeybindingRegistry as TheiaKeybindingRegistry,
+} from '@theia/core/lib/browser/keybinding';
+import { injectable } from '@theia/core/shared/inversify';
+import { measure } from '../../../common/utils';
+
+@injectable()
+export class KeybindingRegistry extends TheiaKeybindingRegistry {
+  override onStart(): Promise<void> {
+    return measure('KeybindingRegistry#onStart', () => super.onStart());
+  }
+  protected override registerContext(...contexts: KeybindingContext[]): void {
+    return measure(
+      'KeybindingRegistry#registerContext',
+      () => super.registerContext(...contexts),
+      ...contexts.map(({ id }) => id)
+    );
+  }
+}
diff --git a/arduino-ide-extension/src/browser/theia/core/keyboard-layout-service.ts b/arduino-ide-extension/src/browser/theia/core/keyboard-layout-service.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7a4cdac5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arduino-ide-extension/src/browser/theia/core/keyboard-layout-service.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import {
+  KeyboardLayout,
+  KeyboardLayoutService as TheiaKeyboardLayoutService,
+} from '@theia/core/lib/browser/keyboard/keyboard-layout-service';
+import { NativeKeyboardLayout } from '@theia/core/lib/common/keyboard/keyboard-layout-provider';
+import { injectable } from '@theia/core/shared/inversify';
+import { measure } from '../../../common/utils';
+
+@injectable()
+export class KeyboardLayoutService extends TheiaKeyboardLayoutService {
+  override initialize(): Promise<void> {
+    return measure('KeyboardLayoutService#initialize', () =>
+      super.initialize()
+    );
+  }
+  protected override updateLayout(
+    newLayout: NativeKeyboardLayout
+  ): KeyboardLayout {
+    return measure(
+      'KeyboardLayoutService#updateLayout',
+      () => super.updateLayout(newLayout),
+      newLayout
+    );
+  }
+  protected override transformNativeLayout(
+    nativeLayout: NativeKeyboardLayout
+  ): KeyboardLayout {
+    return measure(
+      'KeyboardLayoutService#transformNativeLayout',
+      () => super.transformNativeLayout(nativeLayout),
+      nativeLayout
+    );
+  }
+}
diff --git a/arduino-ide-extension/src/common/utils.ts b/arduino-ide-extension/src/common/utils.ts
index 8ffa1fd9a..5b4677821 100644
--- a/arduino-ide-extension/src/common/utils.ts
+++ b/arduino-ide-extension/src/common/utils.ts
@@ -16,3 +16,49 @@ export function firstToUpperCase(what: string): string {
 export function isNullOrUndefined(what: any): what is undefined | null {
   return what === undefined || what === null;
 }
+
+export function measure<T>(
+  what: string,
+  task: () => Promise<T>,
+  ...args: unknown[]
+): Promise<T>;
+export function measure<T>(what: string, task: () => T, ...args: unknown[]): T;
+export function measure<T>(
+  what: string,
+  task: (() => Promise<T>) | (() => T),
+  ...args: unknown[]
+): Promise<T> | T {
+  const start = performance.now();
+  const result = task();
+  if (typeof result === 'object') {
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+    const object = result as any;
+    if ('then' in object) {
+      return Promise.resolve(result).then((resolved) =>
+        end(resolved, start, what, args)
+      );
+    }
+  }
+  return end(result, start, what, args);
+}
+function end<T>(object: T, start: number, what: string, args: unknown[]): T {
+  console.log(
+    `--- #1428 --- ${what} took ${performance.now() - start} ms.${
+      args.length ? ` Args: ${tryStringify(args)}` : ''
+    }`
+  );
+  return object;
+}
+function tryStringify(args: unknown[]): string {
+  try {
+    return JSON.stringify(args);
+  } catch (err) {
+    if (
+      err instanceof TypeError &&
+      err.message.toLowerCase().includes('circular structure to json')
+    ) {
+      return '<circular>';
+    }
+    throw err;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/arduino-ide-extension/src/electron-main/arduino-electron-main-module.ts b/arduino-ide-extension/src/electron-main/arduino-electron-main-module.ts
index 9ab5bc99d..e209da523 100644
--- a/arduino-ide-extension/src/electron-main/arduino-electron-main-module.ts
+++ b/arduino-ide-extension/src/electron-main/arduino-electron-main-module.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import { IDEUpdaterImpl } from './ide-updater/ide-updater-impl';
 import { ElectronMainApplication } from './theia/electron-main-application';
 import { ElectronMainWindowServiceImpl } from './theia/electron-main-window-service';
 import { TheiaElectronWindow } from './theia/theia-electron-window';
+import { ElectronNativeKeymap } from '@theia/core/lib/electron-main/electron-native-keymap';
 
 export default new ContainerModule((bind, unbind, isBound, rebind) => {
   bind(ElectronMainApplication).toSelf().inSingletonScope();
@@ -58,4 +59,8 @@ export default new ContainerModule((bind, unbind, isBound, rebind) => {
     .inSingletonScope();
 
   bind(IsTempSketch).toSelf().inSingletonScope();
+
+  // https://github.com/eclipse-theia/theia/issues/11688
+  bind(ElectronNativeKeymap).toSelf().inSingletonScope();
+  bind(ElectronMainApplicationContribution).toService(ElectronNativeKeymap);
 });
diff --git a/arduino-ide-extension/src/electron-node/theia/electron-keyboard-layout-provider.ts b/arduino-ide-extension/src/electron-node/theia/electron-keyboard-layout-provider.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..13b6330f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arduino-ide-extension/src/electron-node/theia/electron-keyboard-layout-provider.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import { ElectronKeyboardLayoutProvider as TheiaElectronKeyboardLayoutProvider } from '@theia/core/lib/electron-node/keyboard/electron-keyboard-layout-provider';
+import { NativeKeyboardLayout } from '@theia/core/lib/common/keyboard/keyboard-layout-provider';
+import { injectable } from '@theia/core/shared/inversify';
+import * as nativeKeymap from '@theia/electron/shared/native-keymap';
+import { measure } from '../../common/utils';
+
+@injectable()
+export class ElectronKeyboardLayoutProvider extends TheiaElectronKeyboardLayoutProvider {
+  override getNativeLayout(): Promise<NativeKeyboardLayout> {
+    return measure('ElectronKeyboardLayoutProvider#getNativeLayout', () =>
+      super.getNativeLayout()
+    );
+  }
+  protected override getNativeLayoutSync(): NativeKeyboardLayout {
+    return {
+      info: measure(
+        'ElectronKeyboardLayoutProvider#getNativeLayoutSync#getCurrentKeyboardLayout',
+        () => nativeKeymap.getCurrentKeyboardLayout()
+      ),
+      mapping: measure(
+        'ElectronKeyboardLayoutProvider#getNativeLayoutSync#getKeyMap',
+        () => nativeKeymap.getKeyMap()
+      ),
+    };
+  }
+}
diff --git a/arduino-ide-extension/src/node/arduino-ide-backend-module.ts b/arduino-ide-extension/src/node/arduino-ide-backend-module.ts
index b2486e478..d22da2586 100644
--- a/arduino-ide-extension/src/node/arduino-ide-backend-module.ts
+++ b/arduino-ide-extension/src/node/arduino-ide-backend-module.ts
@@ -111,6 +111,8 @@ import {
 } from '../common/protocol/survey-service';
 import { IsTempSketch } from './is-temp-sketch';
 import { rebindNsfwFileSystemWatcher } from './theia/filesystem/nsfw-watcher/nsfw-bindings';
+import { ElectronKeyboardLayoutProvider } from '../electron-node/theia/electron-keyboard-layout-provider';
+import { ElectronKeyboardLayoutProvider as TheiaElectronKeyboardLayoutProvider } from '@theia/core/lib/electron-node/keyboard/electron-keyboard-layout-provider';
 
 export default new ContainerModule((bind, unbind, isBound, rebind) => {
   bind(BackendApplication).toSelf().inSingletonScope();
@@ -380,6 +382,12 @@ export default new ContainerModule((bind, unbind, isBound, rebind) => {
     .inSingletonScope();
 
   bind(IsTempSketch).toSelf().inSingletonScope();
+
+  // #1428
+  bind(ElectronKeyboardLayoutProvider).toSelf().inSingletonScope();
+  rebind(TheiaElectronKeyboardLayoutProvider).toService(
+    ElectronKeyboardLayoutProvider
+  );
 });
 
 function bindChildLogger(bind: interfaces.Bind, name: string): void {