Input device

An input device comprising:

• a panel having a front surface;
• a manipulation area provided on the front surface so as to be continuous in hierarchical form;
• a capacitance detection electrode provided in the manipulation area;
• a plurality of icon display portions provided in the manipulation area, each icon display portion representing one of a plurality of functions;
• and
• a tactile response generation portion provided in the manipulation area so as to be along the plurality of icon display portions,
• wherein the manipulation area has a high-end manipulation area and one or a plurality of low-end manipulation areas at lower hierarchical levels than a hierarchical level of the high-end manipulation area, and
• the one or the plurality of low-end manipulation areas are placed so as to be contiguous to the high-end manipulation area.