A keyboard with elevated keys for a notebook computer. The keys of the keyboard
are elevated when the notebook computer is opened, and can be depressed when the
flat display is closed. The keyboard has keys movably connected to the foundation
sheet through scissors-type linking mechanisms. A plurality of guiding sheets is
movably disposed on a foundation sheet and has hooks and tracks. Each of the tracks
is parallel to a first direction. A sliding member is movably disposed on the foundation
sheet and has protrusions extending into each of the tracks. When the sliding member
moves in the first direction, the protrusions move the guiding sheets from a first
position to a second position. The hooks of the guiding sheets sequentially press
the scissors-type linking mechanism of each key to depress the keys of the keyboard
from elevated position to depressed position.