An operating device for a vehicle, comprising - a capacitively operating touch panel having an upper face with a touch-sensitive surface, and - an operating unit (18, 18') having a translatory or rotatably movable operating element (22, 22') which can be grasped manually and has an electrically conductive surface, and having a plate-shaped holding element, provided with an upper face and a lower face facing away from the upper face, on which the operating element (22, 22') is movably arranged and which for its part is arranged on the touch-sensitive surface of the upper face of the touch panel, - wherein the operating element (22, 22') comprises at least one motion detection encoder element electrically connected to the electrically conductive surface of the operating element (22, 22'), and which is preferably a wiper sliding along a sensing path of the upper face of the holding element when the operating element (22, 22') is moved, - wherein the holding element comprises first sections and second sections along the sensing path which are arranged alternately successively, and - wherein the upper face and the lower face of the holding element are connected to each other in an electrically conductive manner in each of the first sections and are electrically insulated from each other in each of the second sections, characterized in that - the operating element (22, 22') of the operating unit (18, 18') can be pushed down reversibly in the direction towards the holding element and comprises at least one push detection encoder element which is electrically connected to the electrically conductive surface of the operating element (22, 22') and which contacts a local area of the holding element electrically connecting the upper face of the holding element with the lower face of the holding element if the operating element (22, 22') is in a pushed down state, and - that the respective local area of the holding element, contacted in the pushed down state of the operating element (22, 22') by the at least one push detection encoder element and electrically connecting the upper face of the holding element with the lower face of the holding element, is one of the first sections of the holding element. - a capacitively operating touch panel having an upper face with a touch-sensitive surface, and - an operating unit (18, 18') having a translatory or rotatably movable operating element (22, 22') which can be grasped manually and has an electrically conductive surface, and having a plate-shaped holding element, provided with an upper face and a lower face facing away from the upper face, on which the operating element (22, 22') is movably arranged and which for its part is arranged on the touch-sensitive surface of the upper face of the touch panel, - wherein the operating element (22, 22') comprises at least one motion detection encoder element electrically connected to the electrically conductive surface of the operating element (22, 22'), and which is preferably a wiper sliding along a sensing path of the upper face of the holding element when the operating element (22, 22') is moved, - wherein the holding element comprises first sections and second sections along the sensing path which are arranged alternately successively, and - wherein the upper face and the lower face of the holding element are connected to each other in an electrically conductive manner in each of the first sections and are electrically insulated from each other in each of the second sections, - the operating element (22, 22') of the operating unit (18, 18') can be pushed down reversibly in the direction towards the holding element and comprises at least one push detection encoder element which is electrically connected to the electrically conductive surface of the operating element (22, 22') and which contacts a local area of the holding element electrically connecting the upper face of the holding element with the lower face of the holding element if the operating element (22, 22') is in a pushed down state, and - that the respective local area of the holding element, contacted in the pushed down state of the operating element (22, 22') by the at least one push detection encoder element and electrically connecting the upper face of the holding element with the lower face of the holding element, is one of the first sections of the holding element.