Arduino Gemma with 8x8 LED Matrix backpack button press to change picture

Dear PaulS,

Sorry for the late replay and at the same time thanks for your guidance.
The code snippet you provided with Switch Case worked and I am very happy that it did.
Also I had no idea how to properly indent the code and thanks to your tip I did that also.
Can you elaborate a bit on this so I can give you better answer:
"Then, try to explain what you are doing. It's completely wrong, but I am interested in your explanation."

Another question: to make the display turn off after x seconds do I need some timer library? or how do I implement a "time counter" ? do I need some hardware to track time ? any advice is welcomed ...

Regards,
Catalin