Capacitive switching device for converting a manual or mechanical feed movement into an electrical switching signal by means of which an electrical device is controlled, consisting of: - a housing in which a receiving opening is worked, - a touchscreen arranged in the receiving opening of the housing, this touchscreen being enclosed on the outside by an electrically insulating cover plate and on the inside by a display, - in which case the cover plate, the touchscreen and the display form a structural unit which is mounted in the receiving opening of the housing so as to be axially movable, - in which case the touchscreen and the display have at least one capacitively operated button which is switched when touched by a human finger or a mechanical actuator, - and of evaluation electronics which are electrically coupled to the respective button and by means of which a corresponding switching signal is generated when the respective button is touched, - in which case a capacitively operated sensor is provided between the housing and the cover plate, - in which case a screen made of an electrically conductive material is arranged between the sensor and the cover plate, by means of which screen the sensor is capacitively insulated from the outside and which screen generates a common electric field with the sensor in such a way that, when the cover plate is actuated, the distance between the sensor and the screen is reduced, and in that this reduction in distance influences the electric field, - and in which case a seal is provided between the housing and the cover plate, by means of which seal a restoring force acting in the opposite direction to the direction of movement of the actuating force is generated and which seal consists of an electrically non-conductive material, characterised in that, the sensor is mounted in the seal and that the sensor is completely surrounded by the screen. - a housing in which a receiving opening is worked, - a touchscreen arranged in the receiving opening of the housing, this touchscreen being enclosed on the outside by an electrically insulating cover plate and on the inside by a display, - in which case the cover plate, the touchscreen and the display form a structural unit which is mounted in the receiving opening of the housing so as to be axially movable, - in which case the touchscreen and the display have at least one capacitively operated button which is switched when touched by a human finger or a mechanical actuator, - and of evaluation electronics which are electrically coupled to the respective button and by means of which a corresponding switching signal is generated when the respective button is touched, - in which case a capacitively operated sensor is provided between the housing and the cover plate, - in which case a screen made of an electrically conductive material is arranged between the sensor and the cover plate, by means of which screen the sensor is capacitively insulated from the outside and which screen generates a common electric field with the sensor in such a way that, when the cover plate is actuated, the distance between the sensor and the screen is reduced, and in that this reduction in distance influences the electric field, - and in which case a seal is provided between the housing and the cover plate, by means of which seal a restoring force acting in the opposite direction to the direction of movement of the actuating force is generated and which seal consists of an electrically non-conductive material,