Minor request. It would be nice to be able to filter the Event View directly from that window. Yeah, I know I can click on View->Select but it would be nice to have it directly on the Event View.
You can click on View in the Event View to select the >>viewing<< filter. But it sounds like you want an editing filter:
Just did a quick test with some midi events in something I was working on.
(1) While in the Event View, I did Ctrl+A to select all events.
(2) Then I used the E shortcut as Mark suggested but to the Global Binding > Select events meeting certain criteria function (which brought up the Event Filter while in the Event View).
(3) I unsele