Method and apparatus for operating an input device

The invention relates to a method of operating an input device (2), in particular of a motor vehicle (1) having a sensor (3) for detecting the position and / or position change of at least one finger (8, 9) of a hand (6) of a user comprising wherein detected in dependence on the detected position and / or positional change in an input, and this is running. It is provided that (6) is detected each other on an input in response to a predetermined position of at least two fingers (8, 9) of the hand.