An operating device for a vehicle, comprising - a display with a touch sensor system for a manual actuation of the display with a predeterminable minimum pressing force, for inputting a command, - a retaining device which retains the display, - the retaining device comprising a bottom side with edge portions and support elements protruding from at least opposite edge portions of the bottom side and define a free space between them, and - the display being retained only by the support elements of the retaining device and bridging the free space while maintaining a distance from the bottom side of the retaining device, - at least one actuation sensor for sensing a bending of the display upon manual actuation thereof, - the at least one actuation sensor sensing a change in a distance of the display from a reference plane or a change in a distance of a part of the display from a reference plane, the change in distance being due to a bending of the display upon manual actuation thereof with the predeterminable minimum pressing force, and - an evaluation unit connected to the touch sensor system and the at least one actuation sensor, for the evaluation of the signals of the touch sensor system and the at least one actuation sensor for the purpose of deciding, whether, upon a manual actuation of the display, the force acting on the display is at least the minimum pressing force, - a backlight unit comprising a light emitting side, which unit is arranged on the bottom side of the retaining device and faces the rear side of the display by its light emitting side, - a space existing between the light emitting side of the light emitting unit and the rear side of the display, which space is sealed to the outside by an elastic sealing strip to prevent backlight leakage, - the actuation sensor sensing a change in the distance of the rear side of the display from the light emitting side of the backlight unit, and - the actuation sensor being formed as a part of the sealing strip and sensing a change in the distance between the rear side of the display and the light emitting side of the backlight unit, based on the compression of the strip upon a manual actuation of the display. - a display with a touch sensor system for a manual actuation of the display with a predeterminable minimum pressing force, for inputting a command, - a retaining device which retains the display, - the retaining device comprising a bottom side with edge portions and support elements protruding from at least opposite edge portions of the bottom side and define a free space between them, and - the display being retained only by the support elements of the retaining device and bridging the free space while maintaining a distance from the bottom side of the retaining device, - at least one actuation sensor for sensing a bending of the display upon manual actuation thereof, - the at least one actuation sensor sensing a change in a distance of the display from a reference plane or a change in a distance of a part of the display from a reference plane, the change in distance being due to a bending of the display upon manual actuation thereof with the predeterminable minimum pressing force, and - an evaluation unit connected to the touch sensor system and the at least one actuation sensor, for the evaluation of the signals of the touch sensor system and the at least one actuation sensor for the purpose of deciding, whether, upon a manual actuation of the display, the force acting on the display is at least the minimum pressing force, - a backlight unit comprising a light emitting side, which unit is arranged on the bottom side of the retaining device and faces the rear side of the display by its light emitting side, - a space existing between the light emitting side of the light emitting unit and the rear side of the display, which space is sealed to the outside by an elastic sealing strip to prevent backlight leakage, - the actuation sensor sensing a change in the distance of the rear side of the display from the light emitting side of the backlight unit, and - the actuation sensor being formed as a part of the sealing strip and sensing a change in the distance between the rear side of the display and the light emitting side of the backlight unit, based on the compression of the strip upon a manual actuation of the display.