An operating unit for a vehicle, particularly an infotainment system for control of diverse vehicle components, comprising - a housing having a front side, - an operating element arranged on the front side of the housing and comprising an operating interface, - wherein the operating element is mounted in a spring-elastic manner on and/or in the housing along a vertical axis of movement extending substantially orthogonally with respect to the operating surface and along a lateral axis of movement extending substantially transversely with respect to the vertical axis of movement, - at least one sensor for detecting an actuating movement of the operating element in the direction of the vertical axis of movement, - an actuator, arranged in and/or on the housing, for feedback movement of the operating element at least also in the lateral axis of movement when an actuation movement of the operating element is detected, wherein the actuator has an electrically activated drive element which is mechanically coupled to the operating element and can be moved forward and backward along an axis of effective movement, and - an evaluating and control unit which is connected to the sensor and the actuator, characterized in - the operating element is mounted by means of return springs (22,24,24'), - that the return springs (22,24,24') have resultant spring effect axes (42,42') which extend parallel to the axis of effective movement of the actuator, - that the spring effect axes (42,42') of the return springs (24,24'), when viewed in the vertical plane in which the axis of effective movement of the actuator extends and/or in which the center of mass of the operating element or of the movable partial system including inter alia the operating element and the drive element, coupled thereto, of the actuator is situated, extend on both sides of the axis of effective movement of the actuator at a first distance and respectively a second distance to the axis of effective movement of the actuator, and - that the dimensioning of the return springs (22,24,24') with respect to their spring forces and the dimensioning of the first and the second distance (L1,L2) are selected to substantially compensate for the moments of rotation acting as a result of the return springs (22,24,24') in the center of mass of the operating element or of the movable partial system. - a housing having a front side, - an operating element arranged on the front side of the housing and comprising an operating interface, - wherein the operating element is mounted in a spring-elastic manner on and/or in the housing along a vertical axis of movement extending substantially orthogonally with respect to the operating surface and along a lateral axis of movement extending substantially transversely with respect to the vertical axis of movement, - at least one sensor for detecting an actuating movement of the operating element in the direction of the vertical axis of movement, - an actuator, arranged in and/or on the housing, for feedback movement of the operating element at least also in the lateral axis of movement when an actuation movement of the operating element is detected, wherein the actuator has an electrically activated drive element which is mechanically coupled to the operating element and can be moved forward and backward along an axis of effective movement, and - an evaluating and control unit which is connected to the sensor and the actuator, - the operating element is mounted by means of return springs (22,24,24'), - that the return springs (22,24,24') have resultant spring effect axes (42,42') which extend parallel to the axis of effective movement of the actuator, - that the spring effect axes (42,42') of the return springs (24,24'), when viewed in the vertical plane in which the axis of effective movement of the actuator extends and/or in which the center of mass of the operating element or of the movable partial system including inter alia the operating element and the drive element, coupled thereto, of the actuator is situated, extend on both sides of the axis of effective movement of the actuator at a first distance and respectively a second distance to the axis of effective movement of the actuator, and - that the dimensioning of the return springs (22,24,24') with respect to their spring forces and the dimensioning of the first and the second distance (L1,L2) are selected to substantially compensate for the moments of rotation acting as a result of the return springs (22,24,24') in the center of mass of the operating element or of the movable partial system.