# Putting Atreus on top of a laptop keyboard? **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [October 9, 2020, 11:15pm UTC](https://community.keyboard.io/t/putting-atreus-on-top-of-a-laptop-keyboard/4213 "2020-10-09T23:15:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nikita](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.keyboard.io/nikita/32/781_2.png) [@nikita](https://community.keyboard.io/u/nikita)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2020, 11:15pm UTC](https://community.keyboard.io/t/putting-atreus-on-top-of-a-laptop-keyboard/4213/1 "2020-10-09T23:15:54Z")
Does anyone have a setup for placing their Atreus keyboard on top of their laptop, to replace the built-in keyboard. Like this: ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/keyboard/original/2X/d/dcc287c64ade6d665e39885348560301db3df7dc.jpeg) This photo is from a kickstarter campaign of a specific keyboard, but I feel like you could just get some flat material from somewhere and stack an Atreus on top. The advantage here is that you still get to use the built-in trackpad, and it doesn’t take up much desk space. ---
**Author:** ![fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/67e7ee/32.png) [@fire](https://community.keyboard.io/u/fire)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2020, 1:36am UTC](https://community.keyboard.io/t/putting-atreus-on-top-of-a-laptop-keyboard/4213/2 "2020-10-10T01:36:08Z")
looks cool, but you’d have to be careful to raise the Atreus up enough so that none of the keys got pressed, so you’d need a couple little side stands. ---
**Author:** ![geeksam](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.keyboard.io/geeksam/32/3676_2.png) [@geeksam](https://community.keyboard.io/u/geeksam)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2021, 9:56pm UTC](https://community.keyboard.io/t/putting-atreus-on-top-of-a-laptop-keyboard/4213/3 "2021-01-05T21:56:19Z")
A friend of mine has a GlowForge and built this specifically to fit over a MacBook Pro 🙂 ![laptop-keyboard-replacement](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/keyboard/original/2X/e/e2957f2cd1bae8ae0154845e917461a2c65039cf.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![WebInspect](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.keyboard.io/webinspect/32/3083_2.png) [@WebInspect](https://community.keyboard.io/u/WebInspect)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 9:25pm UTC](https://community.keyboard.io/t/putting-atreus-on-top-of-a-laptop-keyboard/4213/4 "2021-01-06T21:25:51Z")
If you’re using a Mac, you can use [Karabiner-Elements](https://karabiner-elements.pqrs.org/) to disable the built in keyboard specifically when the Atreus is plugged in. That’s what I do, and it works great. ![Screen_Shot_2021-01-06_at_3_24_05_PM](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/keyboard/original/2X/e/ec77184e49b0a865eb361c1cd33872ddf29b9df6.png) ---
**Author:** ![jibbery](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a698b9/32.png) [@jibbery](https://community.keyboard.io/u/jibbery)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 8:37am UTC](https://community.keyboard.io/t/putting-atreus-on-top-of-a-laptop-keyboard/4213/5 "2021-01-07T08:37:04Z")
This is what I do and it works brilliantly. ---
**Author:** ![nikita](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.keyboard.io/nikita/32/781_2.png) [@nikita](https://community.keyboard.io/u/nikita)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2021, 11:19pm UTC](https://community.keyboard.io/t/putting-atreus-on-top-of-a-laptop-keyboard/4213/6 "2021-01-11T23:19:17Z")
The Karabiner-Elements solution is interesting, I hadn’t thought of it! It turns out that the hardware solution is actually for sale as a real product, under the name of “keyboard bridge”. [Here’s one on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/Keyboard-Wireless-Suitable-Vertical-Horizontal/dp/B08BWWLWCJ). I don’t have any manufacturing tools on hand, so it was nice to be able to order this as a ready-made product. ---
**Author:** ![jibbery](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a698b9/32.png) [@jibbery](https://community.keyboard.io/u/jibbery)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2021, 11:04pm UTC](https://community.keyboard.io/t/putting-atreus-on-top-of-a-laptop-keyboard/4213/7 "2021-01-13T23:04:13Z")
You can even customize it!!! Now I have to figure out what to say… ---
**Author:** ![paul](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.keyboard.io/paul/32/3739_2.png) [@paul](https://community.keyboard.io/u/paul)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2021, 4:16pm UTC](https://community.keyboard.io/t/putting-atreus-on-top-of-a-laptop-keyboard/4213/8 "2021-02-04T16:16:24Z")
Please tell me what keycaps are you using? They looks great. ---
**Author:** ![geeksam](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.keyboard.io/geeksam/32/3676_2.png) [@geeksam](https://community.keyboard.io/u/geeksam)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2021, 4:57pm UTC](https://community.keyboard.io/t/putting-atreus-on-top-of-a-laptop-keyboard/4213/9 "2021-02-06T16:57:55Z")
I asked my friend, who says: > SA Fluffy Clouds by none other than /u/vosechu 🙂 > There’s still a few for sale on Novelkeys I believe > If they’re a standard stagger keyboardist, SA Cyan is what I modeled it after ---
**Author:** ![iank](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.keyboard.io/iank/32/815_2.png) [@iank](https://community.keyboard.io/u/iank)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2021, 10:31pm UTC](https://community.keyboard.io/t/putting-atreus-on-top-of-a-laptop-keyboard/4213/10 "2021-08-30T22:31:27Z")
For gnu + linux + xorg, I wrote a bash function which toggles on/off input from the laptop keyboard: ```auto tk () { id=$(xinput --list --id-only 'AT Translated Set 2 keyboard'); if xinput list | grep -F '∼ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard' &> /dev/null; then echo enabling keyboard; slave=$(xinput list | sed -n 's/.*slave \+keyboard (\([0-9]*\)).*/\1/p' | head -n1); xinput reattach $id $slave; else xinput float $id; fi } ``` ---
**Author:** ![msdisme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aca169/32.png) [@msdisme](https://community.keyboard.io/u/msdisme)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2021, 10:32pm UTC](https://community.keyboard.io/t/putting-atreus-on-top-of-a-laptop-keyboard/4213/11 "2021-09-16T22:32:32Z")
Thanks - works a treat! A bonus, my 28 year old kinesis advantage now has the same layout as my 2021 kinesis advantage due to the magic of Karabiner 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kajsa.anderson](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.keyboard.io/kajsa.anderson/32/346_2.png) [@kajsa.anderson](https://community.keyboard.io/u/kajsa.anderson)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2021, 9:26pm UTC](https://community.keyboard.io/t/putting-atreus-on-top-of-a-laptop-keyboard/4213/12 "2021-10-01T21:26:10Z")
I use a quilting ruler, with non-skid feet on one side and a non-skid film on the other. The film goes on the bottom when I’m using my personal laptop, with sunken keyboard and numpad; the feet go on the bottom when using with my work laptop without a numpad - they provide just enough clearance to suspend the Atreus over the keys. A 4" × 14" ruler is just right for a 15" laptop. ![20211001_161809](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/keyboard/original/2X/d/d7d475d6bd9b403d18ac0d3c672633ff26c00f3a.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![tooblu](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.keyboard.io/tooblu/32/4023_2.png) [@tooblu](https://community.keyboard.io/u/tooblu)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2021, 9:32pm UTC](https://community.keyboard.io/t/putting-atreus-on-top-of-a-laptop-keyboard/4213/13 "2021-10-16T21:32:26Z")
I bought some [plastic binders](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003CKZPN2/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1) from Amazon. The plastic seemed to be about the right thickness and stiffness. I cut out a rectangle of plastic from a binder cover, with some tabs on the top to hold it in place, to cover the laptop keyboard. Then I put the Atreus on top. I’ve never had an issue with laptop key getting pressed with this configuration. It works great except that it traps heat. On my Mac, it seems a fair amount of heat is radiated from the keyboard area, which I never noticed until I covered it with a piece of plastic and an external keyboard. I’m going to give the Karabiner-Elements a try. That seems like a better solution. ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/keyboard/original/2X/8/817d861c2fd7d692f1ee088567440d554b24b952.jpeg) ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/keyboard/original/2X/6/6e318807eed316255dedaef77696ac28548e88d8.jpeg) ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/keyboard/original/2X/2/2598284d20fed0855a8f3e827f70e0c0351c9b42.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![escakot](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.keyboard.io/escakot/32/5220_2.png) [@escakot](https://community.keyboard.io/u/escakot)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2022, 4:22pm UTC](https://community.keyboard.io/t/putting-atreus-on-top-of-a-laptop-keyboard/4213/15 "2022-08-14T16:22:58Z")
I found this design on thingiverse and it costs less than $1 worth of plastic. 3D printers are so common now that you’d probably know a friend’s friend who owns one. Or find a local prin shop who’d print it for you. > **[Atreus keyboard feet by regularfry](https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4687791)** > > Feet for the keyboard.io atreus keyboard. > I designed these as risers so I could put the keyboard over my laptop keys without any of them getting pressed. They're the right size to fit a Thinkpad T420. > I put small sticky pads on the feet so it doesn't...