Flat control element for controlling a vehicle component

A vehicle configuration, comprising:

• a vehicle component configured to move between a first position and a second position;
• a control element for controlling said vehicle component, said control element having a substantially flat, touch-sensitive first region, a substantially flat, touch-sensitive second region, and a substantially flat, touch-sensitive third region;
• said control element being configured to generate a control signal for moving said vehicle component into the first position in response to said first region of said control element being touched;
• said second region of said control element having subregions for allowing a variable adjustment of said vehicle component into intermediate positions between the first position and the second position, said control element being configured to generate a control signal for moving said vehicle component into a given intermediate position between the first position and the second position in response to a given one of said subregions of said second region of said control element being touched;
• said subregions of said second region of said control element being positioned with respect to one another such that adjacent ones of said subregions of said second region of said control element when being touched cause said vehicle component to move into corresponding adjacent intermediate positions between the first position and the second position;
• and
• said control element being configured to generate a control signal for moving said vehicle component into the second position in response to said third region of said control element being touched.