Capacitive switching device for converting a manual or mechanical feed movement into an electrical switching signal by means of which an electrical device is controlled, consisting of: - a housing in which a receiving opening is worked, - a touchscreen arranged in the receiving opening of the housing , this touchscreen being enclosed on the outside by an electrically insulating cover plate and on the inside by a display , - in which case the cover plate , the touchscreen and the display form a structural unit which is mounted in the receiving opening of the housing so as to be axially movable, - in which case the touchscreen and the display have at least one capacitively operated button which is switched when touched by a human finger or a mechanical actuator, - and of evaluation electronics which are electrically coupled to the respective button and by means of which a corresponding switching signal is generated when the respective button is touched, - in which case a capacitively operated sensor is provided between the housing and the cover plate , - in which case a screen made of an electrically conductive material is arranged between the sensor and the cover plate , by means of which screen the sensor is capacitively insulated from the outside and which screen generates a common electric field with the sensor in such a way that, when the cover plate is actuated, the distance between the sensor and the screen is reduced, and in that this reduction in distance influences the electric field , - and in which case a seal is provided between the housing and the cover plate , by means of which seal a restoring force acting in the opposite direction to the direction of movement of the actuating force is generated and which seal consists of an electrically non-conductive material, characterised in that , the sensor is mounted in the seal and that the sensor is completely surrounded by the screen . - a housing in which a receiving opening is worked, - a touchscreen arranged in the receiving opening of the housing , this touchscreen being enclosed on the outside by an electrically insulating cover plate and on the inside by a display , - in which case the cover plate , the touchscreen and the display form a structural unit which is mounted in the receiving opening of the housing so as to be axially movable, - in which case the touchscreen and the display have at least one capacitively operated button which is switched when touched by a human finger or a mechanical actuator, - and of evaluation electronics which are electrically coupled to the respective button and by means of which a corresponding switching signal is generated when the respective button is touched, - in which case a capacitively operated sensor is provided between the housing and the cover plate , - in which case a screen made of an electrically conductive material is arranged between the sensor and the cover plate , by means of which screen the sensor is capacitively insulated from the outside and which screen generates a common electric field with the sensor in such a way that, when the cover plate is actuated, the distance between the sensor and the screen is reduced, and in that this reduction in distance influences the electric field , - and in which case a seal is provided between the housing and the cover plate , by means of which seal a restoring force acting in the opposite direction to the direction of movement of the actuating force is generated and which seal consists of an electrically non-conductive material, <EOS>