Method for operating a display device for a motor vehicle and motor vehicle

A method of operating a display device for a motor vehicle comprising a plurality of display areas, the method comprising:

• providing a plurality of non-contact input operations, wherein
• first, a first non-contact input operation of a user is detected,
• subsequently, a second non-contact input operation of the user is detected in order to verify the first non-contact input operation,
• in response to the first non-contact operation then the second non-contact operations being detected, at least one display element on a first display area is selected, and
• subsequently, at least one third non-contact input operation of the user is detected, and, in response to the third non-contact input operation being detected after the first and second non-contact operations are detected, the at least one selected display element is displaced within the first display area or to a second different display area,
• wherein, the first non-contact input operation is at least one characteristic variable for a head of the user and the second non-contact input operation is at least one characteristic variable for a torso of the user, or the first non-contact input operation is at least one characteristic variable for the torso of the user and the second non-contact input operation is at least one characteristic variable for the head of the user, and
• wherein, the third non-contact input operation is at least one characteristic variable for a hand, finger, fingers, or mouth of the user.