Electrical domestic or household appliance having an operating device, the operating device comprising: - a printed circuit board with electrical components thereon, the printed circuit board having at least one holding section (20, 120, 220, 320, 420, 520), - a holding device for the printed circuit board, the printed circuit board being positively and fixedly held on the holding device, the holding device engaging the at least one holding section (20, 120, 220, 320, 420, 520) of the printed circuit board and the printed circuit board being held on the holding device by means of the at least one holding section (20, 120, 220, 320, 420, 520), wherein: - the electrical domestic or household appliance has a cover as an operating panel for the operating device, - the operating panel has a front side for operation and has a rear side, - the operating device is arranged on the rear side of the operating panel, - a carrier device holding a flat sensor element carrier is provided on the printed circuit board, - the sensor element carrier is arranged parallel to the printed circuit board and at a distance therefrom, - the sensor element carrier is pressed against a rear side of the operating panel of the operating device, characterized in that - the at least one holding section (20, 120, 220, 320, 420, 520) is integrally formed out of the printed circuit board by at least one cut (17, 117, 217, 317, 417,517) through the printed circuit board, - the at least one holding section (20, 120, 220, 320, 420, 520) is integral with and integrally connected in one piece to the remaining printed circuit board, - the holding section (20, 120, 220, 320, 420, 520) has at least one free holding end region (17, 117, 217, 317, 417, 517), - the free holding end region (17, 117, 217, 317, 417, 517) is elastically movable relative to the remaining printed circuit board in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the remaining printed circuit board, - the at least one elastically movable holding section (20, 120, 220, 320, 420, 520) of the printed circuit board is displaced or deflected by movement of the printed circuit board with respect to the holding device in the mounted state of the operating device in the electrical domestic or household appliance when the operating device is mounted in the appliance. - a printed circuit board with electrical components thereon, the printed circuit board having at least one holding section (20, 120, 220, 320, 420, 520), - a holding device for the printed circuit board, the printed circuit board being positively and fixedly held on the holding device, the holding device engaging the at least one holding section (20, 120, 220, 320, 420, 520) of the printed circuit board and the printed circuit board being held on the holding device by means of the at least one holding section (20, 120, 220, 320, 420, 520), - the electrical domestic or household appliance has a cover as an operating panel for the operating device, - the operating panel has a front side for operation and has a rear side, - the operating device is arranged on the rear side of the operating panel, - a carrier device holding a flat sensor element carrier is provided on the printed circuit board, - the sensor element carrier is arranged parallel to the printed circuit board and at a distance therefrom, - the sensor element carrier is pressed against a rear side of the operating panel of the operating device, characterized in that - the at least one holding section (20, 120, 220, 320, 420, 520) is integrally formed out of the printed circuit board by at least one cut (17, 117, 217, 317, 417,517) through the printed circuit board, - the at least one holding section (20, 120, 220, 320, 420, 520) is integral with and integrally connected in one piece to the remaining printed circuit board, - the holding section (20, 120, 220, 320, 420, 520) has at least one free holding end region (17, 117, 217, 317, 417, 517), - the free holding end region (17, 117, 217, 317, 417, 517) is elastically movable relative to the remaining printed circuit board in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the remaining printed circuit board, - the at least one elastically movable holding section (20, 120, 220, 320, 420, 520) of the printed circuit board is displaced or deflected by movement of the printed circuit board with respect to the holding device in the mounted state of the operating device in the electrical domestic or household appliance when the operating device is mounted in the appliance.