Spring-return joystick switches optionally for 22.3 mm or 30.5 mm installation diameters consist of an actuating head with actuating lever movable in up to 4 directions, and the appertaining contact elements. The movement of an actuating lever is transmitted in the actuating head through special switching curves to a linear movement and passed on through plungers in the contact elements (at the bottom of the devices) and processed there to digital or analog switching signals.