Operating and display device for a domestic appliance, with: - operating means for setting at least one parameter of an operating process of the domestic appliance, wherein the operating means are embodied as a touch-sensitive, capacitive operating means and have a touch-sensitive actuation surface, - a plurality of capacitive sensor electrodes (31, 44), which are arranged at a distance from the touch-sensitive actuation surface, - a light conductor part (24, 34) for conducting light, - a plurality of function symbols (13, 14, 15), which each symbolise a selectable value of the parameter, and - a lighting device for backlighting the function symbols (13, 14, 15), by means of which the function symbol (13, 14, 15) assigned to the respectively selected value of the parameter can be optically distinguished from the other function symbols (13, 14, 15), wherein the touch-sensitive actuation surface is arranged so as to overlap with the function symbols (13, 14, 15) so that, by touching the actuation surface in an overlapping area with one of the function symbols (13, 14, 15), the value of the parameter assigned to this function symbol (13, 14, 15) is able to be selected, and wherein a transparent layer with sensor electrodes (31, 44) attached thereto is arranged on the light conductor part (24, 34) or on the display window, characterised in that - the transparent layer is a film which is arranged between the light conductor part (24, 34) and the display window, and - the capacitive sensor electrodes (31, 44) are arranged so as to overlap with the touch-sensitive actuation surface and a separate capacitive sensor electrode (31, 44), which is arranged so as to overlap with the function symbols (13, 14, 15) assigned to it, is assigned to at least a part of the function symbols (13, 14, 15) in each case, so that by touching the actuation surface in an overlapping area with one of the sensor electrodes (31, 44) a capacitance of a touch capacitor having these sensor electrodes (31, 44) is able to be changed. - operating means for setting at least one parameter of an operating process of the domestic appliance, wherein the operating means are embodied as a touch-sensitive, capacitive operating means and have a touch-sensitive actuation surface, - a plurality of capacitive sensor electrodes (31, 44), which are arranged at a distance from the touch-sensitive actuation surface, - a light conductor part (24, 34) for conducting light, - a plurality of function symbols (13, 14, 15), which each symbolise a selectable value of the parameter, and - a lighting device for backlighting the function symbols (13, 14, 15), by means of which the function symbol (13, 14, 15) assigned to the respectively selected value of the parameter can be optically distinguished from the other function symbols (13, 14, 15), - the transparent layer is a film which is arranged between the light conductor part (24, 34) and the display window, and - the capacitive sensor electrodes (31, 44) are arranged so as to overlap with the touch-sensitive actuation surface and a separate capacitive sensor electrode (31, 44), which is arranged so as to overlap with the function symbols (13, 14, 15) assigned to it, is assigned to at least a part of the function symbols (13, 14, 15) in each case, so that by touching the actuation surface in an overlapping area with one of the sensor electrodes (31, 44) a capacitance of a touch capacitor having these sensor electrodes (31, 44) is able to be changed.