I had some problems with getting the "Entity Reference View Widget" propperly setup, so that why I wanted to share my steps to help other people struggling to get this very pratical module up-and-running.

In my example, I wanted to add "Related items" to my Product Displays, below are my steps how to this.
At the time of writing I'm using the 7.x-2.0-alpha2 version. And I added some screenshots to visually help.

1) Create a new view
Administration >> Structure >> Views >> "+ Add new view"
admin/structure/views/add
Step 1

Give the view an unique name and select which "Entity/content" / "Type" you want to display.
Unselect "Create a page" and "Create a block"
Press "Continue & Edit"

In my case I wanted create view for just as selection option for "Content" / "ProductDisplay" as references, so there is no need for a Page or Block

2) Add "Entity Reference View Widget" as a Display type
Step 2

The next steps can vary depending on you personnal needs.
I wanted to show a simple list and not the "Rendered Entity"

view settings
Checkbox settings
View "Format" >> select "Table"

View "Fields" >> I added the following

- Entity Reference View Widget Checkbox: Content (Important since, this will add the checkboxes of the items you want to select as references)
- Title

Check that "Use Ajax" is set to "Yes", otherwise your view will behave strangly when trying to page, filter, ...

Next press "Save" to save the changes for the view

3) Edit your Content Type or Entity
Add or Edit the field with "Entity Reference"

Administration >> Structure >> Content types >> Product display >> Manage fields (in my example)
CT edit
Check for the following "field" settings in your content type field:
- "View": make sure you select your "Entity Reference View Widget"
- Pass selected entity ids to view
field settings
field settings
Press "Save settings"

Next make sure your "field" - "widget type" is set to "View"
Widget Type

And now you are done.

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Go to existing Node / Entity to "add items" (References) to it.
Edit Content

Add items triggers the Overlay with the view in it
View widget in action

After selection
Content referenced

EXTRA
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Add filter options (which is like adding a filter to any view)

1) Edit your view and "Entity Reference View Widget" as a Display type

2) Add a "FILTER CRITERIA" to the view

Select the desired field you want to filter on, next press "Apply"
Only local images are allowed.
Select the desired operator
Make sure you expose your field to the visitors, next press "Apply"
filter operator

Let assume we want to add our "Title" field as a filter
And use the operator "Contains"

Next press "Save" to save the changes for the view

And now you are done.

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Go to existing Node / Entity to "add items" (References) to it.
On top of the overlay, you now the filter options.

view with filter

Comments

thim’s picture

Added some more screenshots

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How the hell can I show my screenshots inside my topic?

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Category: Support request » Task
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Status: Active » Fixed

Thank you for this, I created a documentation page (https://www.drupal.org/node/2305545), feel free to reedit it if you're up to :).

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed - issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.

Graham Brown’s picture

I get this everytime I try to open the entity view widget field:

An AJAX HTTP error occurred.
HTTP Result Code: 404
Debugging information follows.
Path: /system/ajax
StatusText: Not Found
ResponseText:
Page not found | Boardplan
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etc - any help would be greatly appreciated.