As soon as you update to the latest build (Help > Check for updates), you will get a new menu item "More values" in the "Quick filter" menu. This new submenu displays the 30 first distinct values of the selected column, plus their frequency in the selected table:
Thanks to Daniel for suggesting this feature!
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