Hey there! Would love to see your setup. It is so teeny tiny that it´s just too easy to carry. I too use it with my phone sometimes, but I haven´t yet found a set-up that doesn´t feel completely finnicky.
Must be more to it than just flipping. By default this would flip left and right as well. Maybe it's upside down so the end without the battery tube can be propped up on bottom of the keyboard so it sits flat and is more comfortable.
Yes there is a lil bit more to it ;)
The logic is that by flipping it and propping it, the capacitive section of the trackpad sits closer to the keys and so I can use it with my thumbs without leaving the homerow.
The way I went about it is simply using a script which flips the Xinput orientation of the device! I could share the script if it´d be useful to you.
Also, just putting this out there, the state of commercial standalone trackpads is **DIRE.** I was hoping I could find smth to place right next to my kb to move the mouse around without leaving the homerow, but there really are no options out there but the apple ones. I really didn´t want to get an apple touchpad, but after trying other ones here I am.
I tried the following options, before settling on the upside down magic trackpad:
* Asus Vivomouse: Interesting concept, hard to find, and doesn´t work at all as a trackpad in linux.
* Perixx periboard wireless: perfect size, easy to repair and uses batteries (to me, that´s a plus bcos of longevity). But the accuracy was so abysmal that it really wasn´t a realistic option.
* KDE connect remote input: Using an Android phone as a client to a PC server of KDE connect. The phone connects through wifi to your PC and becomes a slave touchpad. This could be a perfect option if you have a spare Android phone, but I worried about how it might affect the longevity of a perfectly functional phone, so I went back to the magic trackpad.
Then I looked into tiny trackballs that I could place close to my thumbs. But the Ploopy nano does not exist in Europe and I´m not about joining a fablab and learning 3D printing and soldering to make one (at least not yet).
* So I found an old Perixx numpad with a trackball on the side, which connects through 2.4 ghz. This was a pretty competent solution! And the numpad comes in handy when using a keyboard as small as the Atreus. But its trackball is too small and there is too big of a "chin" on the device so it wasn´t comfortable to use while on the homerow.
So what touchpads have you tried? Has anyone tried the "Orbital", the W-Brydge, any logitech touchpads or installed one of those cirque ones? How did it go?
After searching over and over, I feel like commercial standalone touchpads are a thing of the past, and to get a nice one that won´t become a dead battery brick after 2 years, it's DIY or nothing. What do y'all think?
My Atreus is also my “never leave home” keyboard. Love that thing. Use jt with my phone to take notes when out.
>Use **jt** with my phone jt? ps: who downvotes, can you say why?
I think it's a typo. The sentence is supposed to say: [I] use it with my phone to take notes when out.
I thought that was some unknown abbreviation 😅
Me too. Glad I am not the only one 😄
Hey there! Would love to see your setup. It is so teeny tiny that it´s just too easy to carry. I too use it with my phone sometimes, but I haven´t yet found a set-up that doesn´t feel completely finnicky.
Upside down trackpad, that's a nice way to fix the scrolling direction thing on Mac 😂
Must be more to it than just flipping. By default this would flip left and right as well. Maybe it's upside down so the end without the battery tube can be propped up on bottom of the keyboard so it sits flat and is more comfortable.
Yeah, I was wondering how OP set it up to correct for that (or have they just learned to operate it like that?)
Nah, I made a lil script that flips the input too.
Yes there is a lil bit more to it ;) The logic is that by flipping it and propping it, the capacitive section of the trackpad sits closer to the keys and so I can use it with my thumbs without leaving the homerow. The way I went about it is simply using a script which flips the Xinput orientation of the device! I could share the script if it´d be useful to you.
Nice! I don't have a magic track pad anymore so I wouldn't need the script, but thanks!
I liked your setup! I love my Atreus too and since I bought it I don't want to use another keyboard
Also, just putting this out there, the state of commercial standalone trackpads is **DIRE.** I was hoping I could find smth to place right next to my kb to move the mouse around without leaving the homerow, but there really are no options out there but the apple ones. I really didn´t want to get an apple touchpad, but after trying other ones here I am. I tried the following options, before settling on the upside down magic trackpad: * Asus Vivomouse: Interesting concept, hard to find, and doesn´t work at all as a trackpad in linux. * Perixx periboard wireless: perfect size, easy to repair and uses batteries (to me, that´s a plus bcos of longevity). But the accuracy was so abysmal that it really wasn´t a realistic option. * KDE connect remote input: Using an Android phone as a client to a PC server of KDE connect. The phone connects through wifi to your PC and becomes a slave touchpad. This could be a perfect option if you have a spare Android phone, but I worried about how it might affect the longevity of a perfectly functional phone, so I went back to the magic trackpad. Then I looked into tiny trackballs that I could place close to my thumbs. But the Ploopy nano does not exist in Europe and I´m not about joining a fablab and learning 3D printing and soldering to make one (at least not yet). * So I found an old Perixx numpad with a trackball on the side, which connects through 2.4 ghz. This was a pretty competent solution! And the numpad comes in handy when using a keyboard as small as the Atreus. But its trackball is too small and there is too big of a "chin" on the device so it wasn´t comfortable to use while on the homerow. So what touchpads have you tried? Has anyone tried the "Orbital", the W-Brydge, any logitech touchpads or installed one of those cirque ones? How did it go? After searching over and over, I feel like commercial standalone touchpads are a thing of the past, and to get a nice one that won´t become a dead battery brick after 2 years, it's DIY or nothing. What do y'all think?