One of the saddest UX failures of Drupal (and now Backdrop) is when someone updates field display settings four or five times with no effect. Usually this is because they click the "Update" button thinking their settings will update, but they don't. Not unless they also hit "Save". And the "Save" button is usually below the fold, so the poor unsuspecting user may not even know there is a save button.
Secret save
To solve this problem, we should make the update button actually save, too.
Related issue: https://github.com/backdrop/backdrop-issues/issues/573
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Glad it works for you! Regarding selecting options, I've just tested the Views Autocomplete Filters module and got it working after I had a look at the README and made sure to use the same...
Can't filter content in a View
You are right, that was it... Now my problem is I would like users being able to select from pre-established options, like a drop down or maybe an autocomplete. For that I would the Autocomplete...
Can't filter content in a View
Here goes the screenshot for the exposed filter config I will try the module you are telling me about. thanks again!
Can't filter content in a View