To provide an instrument for a vehicle, improving the operability of a knob controlling the display operation of a plurality of display items.

This instrument for a vehicle includes a multi-display device 50 displaying the plurality of display items. The instrument includes: the knob 60 rotatable and movable in the axial direction; a compound switch 7 having a rotary encoder type rotating direction detecting means 7a interlocking with the rotating operation of the knob 60 to detect the rotating direction of the knob 60 and a pushing detecting means 7b for detecting the pushing operation of the knob; and a control means 100 for controlling the display operation of the multi-display device 50 according to a plurality of detection signals from the compound switch 7.