Switch device

A switch device includes a switch (12) shifting a pair of input and output terminals in a housing (10), and a manipulation knob (11) for shifting the switch (12) is installed to the housing (10). The manipulation knob (11) is capable of performing rotating manipulation at a plurality of rotating positions with respect to the housing (10) and is capable of performing slide manipulation in both the positive (+) and negative (-) directions at each of the plurality of rotating positions, so that the manipulation knob (11) is interconnected with a rotary shaft member (15) which rotates accompanied by the rotating manipulation. The switch (12) gives an output corresponding to each direction according to the manipulation in both the positive (+) and negative (-) directions even though the manipulation knob (11) is any one of the plurality of rotating positions, and the rotary shaft member (15) has a shifting unit (17b) for driving an external shifting mechanism (3) accompanied by the rotating.