Abstract: A combination push button and/or key operated padlock is disclosed as having a housing, a shackle detachably connected to the housing for opening and closing the padlock, a push button slide plate for operative detachable movement of the shackle relative to the housing, and a plurality of push buttons mounted to the housing for the push button slide plate. At least one of the push buttons is a releasing push button that detach from the push button slide plate when depressed. The remainder of the push buttons are blocking push buttons that engage the push button slide plate when depressed. A shackle detachment is connected to the push button slide plate for moving it in detachable position when the releasing push buttons only are depressed. Each of the push buttons having independently mounted spring loaded end caps on each free end to assist in camouflaging the releasing and blocking push button from each other.