An operating apparatus for a vehicle, the operating apparatus comprising: a first display having a touch panel and mounted on the vehicle; a second display arranged at a position higher than the first display and away from a driver's seat of the vehicle compared to the first display; a second display control section configured to output a second image onto the second display; a first display control section configured to output a first image onto the first display switch between a first mode and a second mode based on mode switching input from a user, output a first mode image independent of the second image, as the first image, when the first display control section is in the first mode, output a second mode image, as the first image, the second mode image having the same external appearance as the second image, when the first display control section is in the second mode; and an input reception processing section configured to execute, when the first display control section is in the first mode, a first predetermined function related to the first mode image, based on operation input on the touch panel, and characterized in that the input reception processing section is configured to execute, when the first display control section is in the second mode, a second predetermined function related to the second image, based on the operation input on the touch panel, such that the first display control section is configured to change the second image and the second mode image in accordance with one another. a first display having a touch panel and mounted on the vehicle; a second display arranged at a position higher than the first display and away from a driver's seat of the vehicle compared to the first display; a second display control section configured to output a second image onto the second display; a first display control section configured to output a first image onto the first display switch between a first mode and a second mode based on mode switching input from a user, output a first mode image independent of the second image, as the first image, when the first display control section is in the first mode, output a second mode image, as the first image, the second mode image having the same external appearance as the second image, when the first display control section is in the second mode; and output a first image onto the first display switch between a first mode and a second mode based on mode switching input from a user, output a first mode image independent of the second image, as the first image, when the first display control section is in the first mode, output a second mode image, as the first image, the second mode image having the same external appearance as the second image, when the first display control section is in the second mode; and an input reception processing section configured to execute, when the first display control section is in the first mode, a first predetermined function related to the first mode image, based on operation input on the touch panel, and characterized in that the input reception processing section is configured to execute, when the first display control section is in the second mode, a second predetermined function related to the second image, based on the operation input on the touch panel, such that the first display control section is configured to change the second image and the second mode image in accordance with one another.