Industrial control projective capacitive touch interface

An industrial control device comprising:

• a display;
• a body including a molded transparent rigid material, a discrete projective capacitive slider sensor, a plurality of electrically conductive traces, a first input graphic, and a background graphic, wherein the projective capacitive slider sensor, the plurality of electrically conductive traces, the first input graphic, and the background graphic are in-molded in the transparent rigid material, the background graphic defining a window, the background graphic overlapping an entirety of the projective capacitive slider sensor such that the window does not overlap the projective capacitive slider sensor, the first input graphic overlapping the projective capacitive slider sensor, the window being transparent and aligned with the display to permit the display to be viewed through the window, wherein the plurality of electrically conductive traces are coupled to the projective capacitive slider sensor for electrical communication therewith;
• a housing coupled to the body;
• and
• a controller disposed within the housing and coupled to the plurality of electrically conductive traces to receive signals from the projective capacitive slider sensor, the controller being coupled to the display and configured to control the display.