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Shift-Click

The idea for a Shift-Click is to provide alternative execution code or adjust the config for the script.

This gives you more options on how the script is executed or allow users to adjust settings of how the button is run.

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You can try it out yourself on default pyRevit tools.
Try Minify Revit UI for example. This will give you a menu to configure what should be hidden in Revit.

Most importantly, it's not complicated.

Here is a simple snippet that you can use in your code to execute different code for Regular or Shift Clicks.

CTRL-Click

The idea for a CTRL + Click is to run the script in the DEBUG mode and allow you to print all debug messages and help you solve issues. But you can also use it for alternative execution mode.

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In general, you don't have to delete all print statements after development. Instead you can print them only in the debug mode, so it's easier to test it later.

Let's update the previous snippet and add here the CTRL Click as well:

Summary

Now you can use these statements in your scripts to provide additional functionality or to have debug mode for yourself.

Either way, I think it's great to have this functionality for certain types of tools. I hope you will find it useful.

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