Switch device, comprising: - a housing device with a plate-shaped base body with a connection surface, which is facing an actuation side of the electrical switch device, and with a housing part, - a plate-shaped actuation part which is, when viewed in the thickness direction, arranged on the base body, and which comprises an actuation surface facing the actuation side and a connection surface located contrary to the actuation surface, - a display integrated in the actuation part or a display acting as an actuation part for displaying images on the actuation side, wherein the housing part comprises: a side wall, which surrounds a connection device and the actuation part viewed in the thickness direction at least in a section, and an edge section which adjoins to the side wall towards the actuation side and forms a central opening, in which the display extends, at least in a section, wherein the connection device (30, 300, 400) comprises at least one connection layer (31, 310, 410) made from an elastic material, which is attached with a first surface to an inner area of the connection surface of the actuation part and with a second surface to an inner area of the connection surface of the main body, - at least two sensors (41, 42, 43, 44), which are located between the main body and the actuation part and, when viewed in the thickness direction, laterally of the connection device, so that each sensor (41, 42, 43, 44) can be used to detect a position in the thickness direction of one respective actuation area of the connection surface of the actuation part, wherein a respective actuation area is arranged at each of the sensors, wherein the connection device (30, 300) comprises actuation switches located between the main body and the actuation part and which are arranged, when viewed from the area centroid FS, at a position which is located between two adjacent sensors each of the same actuation areas. - a housing device with a plate-shaped base body with a connection surface, which is facing an actuation side of the electrical switch device, and with a housing part, - a plate-shaped actuation part which is, when viewed in the thickness direction, arranged on the base body, and which comprises an actuation surface facing the actuation side and a connection surface located contrary to the actuation surface, - a display integrated in the actuation part or a display acting as an actuation part for displaying images on the actuation side, wherein the housing part comprises: a side wall, which surrounds a connection device and the actuation part viewed in the thickness direction at least in a section, and an edge section which adjoins to the side wall towards the actuation side and forms a central opening, in which the display extends, at least in a section, wherein the connection device (30, 300, 400) comprises at least one connection layer (31, 310, 410) made from an elastic material, which is attached with a first surface to an inner area of the connection surface of the actuation part and with a second surface to an inner area of the connection surface of the main body, - at least two sensors (41, 42, 43, 44), which are located between the main body and the actuation part and, when viewed in the thickness direction, laterally of the connection device, so that each sensor (41, 42, 43, 44) can be used to detect a position in the thickness direction of one respective actuation area of the connection surface of the actuation part, wherein a respective actuation area is arranged at each of the sensors,