diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0dd8629..cc1a9c8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
+*.mpy
+.idea
 __pycache__
 _build
 *.pyc
 .env
 build*
 bundles
+*.DS_Store
+.eggs
+dist
+**/*.egg-info
diff --git a/examples/st7735r_18tftshield_buttons.py b/examples/st7735r_18tftshield_buttons.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0faf7cf
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+++ b/examples/st7735r_18tftshield_buttons.py
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+"""
+This example will test out the display on the 1.8" TFT Shield
+"""
+import time
+import board
+import displayio
+from adafruit_seesaw.tftshield18 import TFTShield18
+from adafruit_st7735r import ST7735R
+
+reset_pin = 3
+ss = TFTShield18()
+
+spi = board.SPI()
+tft_cs = board.D10
+tft_dc = board.D8
+
+displayio.release_displays()
+display_bus = displayio.FourWire(spi, command=tft_dc, chip_select=tft_cs)
+
+ss.tft_reset()
+display = ST7735R(display_bus, width=160, height=128, rotation=90, bgr=True)
+
+ss.set_backlight(True)
+
+while True:
+    buttons = ss.buttons
+
+    if buttons.right:
+        print("Button RIGHT!")
+
+    if buttons.down:
+        print("Button DOWN!")
+
+    if buttons.left:
+        print("Button LEFT!")
+
+    if buttons.up:
+        print("Button UP!")
+
+    if buttons.select:
+        print("Button SELECT!")
+
+    if buttons.a:
+        print("Button A!")
+
+    if buttons.b:
+        print("Button B!")
+
+    if buttons.c:
+        print("Button C!")
+
+    time.sleep(.001)