METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN APPLIANCE AND OPERATOR CONTROL DEVICE THEREFOR
In a method for controlling an appliance, a first symbol for a first operating value of a first function is shown on an operator control panel of an operator control device of the appliance. By longitudinal movement along a line, a power stage is set as a first function by the finger reaching the first symbol. Then, by performing a continued movement, without removing the finger, in a direction at an angle between 30° and 150° with respect to the previous direction of movement, the finger is moved further to a second symbol on the operator control panel to assign the set first function to the functional meaning of the second symbol. Therefore, a number of composed movements can be traced with the finger.