A laundry washing machine (1) includes an outer casing (2) and an appliance control panel (6) located on a front wall (3) of the casing (2). The appliance control panel (6) is arranged on a front side of a drawer-like supporting structure (13) which is inserted in extractable manner into a corresponding drawer housing (14). The drawer-like supporting structure (13) is movable inside the drawer housing (14) between a retracted position and a completely extracted position. The laundry washing machine (1) furthermore includes: a push member (18, 33) which is able to elastically push the drawerlike supporting structure (13) away from the retracted position and towards the completely extracted position; a locking mechanism (19) for automatically holding the drawer-like supporting structure (13) in the retracted position and to prevent the push member (18, 33) from pushing the drawer-like supporting structure (13) away from the retracted position; and a manually operated command device (20) for forcing the locking
