OPERATING DEVICE

An operating device () having a housing () is provided, and the housing () is equipped with a housing body (), a lid member () that slides in a first direction with respect to the housing body () to be mounted to the housing body () and slides in the direction opposite to the first direction to be separated from the housing body (), and a locking member () that is provided to the housing body () and that locks the lid member (), and the locking member () has a mounting portion () attached to the housing body (), a hinge portion () connected to the mounting portion (), an operating portion () that is connected to the hinge portion () and that moves around the hinge portion () so as to be insertable into and projectable from the housing body (), and a regulating portion () that comes in contact with the lid member () so as to restrict sliding of the lid member () in the direction opposite to the first direction, and upon insertion of the operating portion () into the housing body (), the regulating portion () is moved together with the operating portion () and separated from the lid member ().