Control lever

A control lever ( 10 ) is provided with a grip ( 12 ), which in a joint ( 14 ) having two degrees of freedom is supported in a housing ( 11 ) and can be switched from an initial position in various directions for activating shift elements ( 18, 19 ), whereby spring elements ( 41, 42 ) are provided for returning the grip ( 12 ) to its initial position, and with a functional device for overcoming a pressure point during the activation and/or for retaining a desired shift position. In order to provide functional devices in greater numbers in a gearshift lever of this type without requiring substantially more installation space or substantially higher costs, provision is made that the functional device is constituted by an electrically controllable hydraulic arrangement ( 35 ), which connects to diametrically opposing shift elements ( 18, 19 ), which can be activated by the grip ( 12 ) in two opposing directions of motion.