A display and operating device for a textile machine having a touchscreen for display of a first main operating mask and of a second main operating mask, by means of which a plurality of information masks and/or input masks for operating of the textile machine can be retrieved, wherein • the first main operating mask comprises a machine visualization field, which displays a simplified visualization of the textile machine, and the machine visualization field further displays at least one shortcut operating button (43, 44, 45) for an operating work that must be carried out by an operator on the textile machine and wherein the first main operating mask further comprises a first toggle button by actuation of which the second main operating mask can be reached; and wherein • the second main operating mask comprises a display of an overview of submenus that can be selected respectively, and by means of which machine settings of the textile machine can be set and/or be changed and/or more information can be retrieved, • the display and operating device is configured such that in the event of a disturbance in the textile machine, a corresponding message is displayed on the first main operating mask, and the location of the disturbance is displayed on the simplified visualization of the textile machine, characterised in that the at least one shortcut operating button (43, 44, 45) for an operating work that must be carried out by an operator on the textile machine is arranged in the machine visualization field in such a way that it is locally associated with that part of the simplified visualization of the textile machine or machine part representing that part which is affected by the actual operating work such that the at least one shortcut operating button for an operating work is arranged directly on the machine visualization field, superimposing or overlapping the part, or arranged adjacent to the part, wherein the operating work corresponds to one or more of: can exchange on a drawframe, initiation of doffing process on a ring spinning machine, detaching and/or piecing up on a combing machine, handling of materials, shortcut access to functions, cleaning of the machine, and setting, starting and/or stopping production orders.. • the first main operating mask comprises a machine visualization field, which displays a simplified visualization of the textile machine, and the machine visualization field further displays at least one shortcut operating button (43, 44, 45) for an operating work that must be carried out by an operator on the textile machine and wherein the first main operating mask further comprises a first toggle button by actuation of which the second main operating mask can be reached; and wherein • the second main operating mask comprises a display of an overview of submenus that can be selected respectively, and by means of which machine settings of the textile machine can be set and/or be changed and/or more information can be retrieved, • the display and operating device is configured such that in the event of a disturbance in the textile machine, a corresponding message is displayed on the first main operating mask, and the location of the disturbance is displayed on the simplified visualization of the textile machine, can exchange on a drawframe, initiation of doffing process on a ring spinning machine, detaching and/or piecing up on a combing machine, handling of materials, shortcut access to functions, cleaning of the machine, and setting, starting and/or stopping production orders..