To make it possible to operate all of plural switches of various equipment mounted on a vehicle by the single switch, and also to graphically display operating conditions of the various equipment varying according to the manipulated variable of the switch.
This switch 1 is provided with a liquid crystal display 4 which graphically displays operating conditions of various equipment installed on a vehicle and switch information on a image display part 5 of a display screen 4a, plural switches 7 arranged on the display screen 4a, a clear key 8 which covers the image display part 5 and is arranged on the display screen 4a, and transparently displays on a surface side the operating conditions of the various equipment and the switch information displayed on the image display part 5, and also operates the plural switches 7, a mode switch 26 for switching the operating conditions and switch information of the various equipment, a mode display part 10 for displaying a mode of the various equipment according to switching operations of the mode switch 26, and a control part (CPU) for displaying the states of the various equipment after movement according to manipulated variable by the clear key 8.
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