diff --git a/app/client/ui/FilterBar.ts b/app/client/ui/FilterBar.ts
index 9e56dc83..82fa13fe 100644
--- a/app/client/ui/FilterBar.ts
+++ b/app/client/ui/FilterBar.ts
@@ -6,12 +6,14 @@ import { colors, testId } from "app/client/ui2018/cssVars";
 import { icon } from "app/client/ui2018/icons";
 import { menu, menuItemAsync } from "app/client/ui2018/menus";
 import { dom, IDisposableOwner, IDomArgs, styled } from "grainjs";
+import { IMenuOptions, PopupControl } from "popweasel";
 
 export function filterBar(_owner: IDisposableOwner, viewSection: ViewSectionRec) {
+  const popupControls = new WeakMap<ViewFieldRec, PopupControl>();
   return cssFilterBar(
     testId('filter-bar'),
-    dom.forEach(viewSection.filteredFields, (field) => makeFilterField(viewSection, field)),
-    makePlusButton(viewSection),
+    dom.forEach(viewSection.filteredFields, (field) => makeFilterField(viewSection, field, popupControls)),
+    makePlusButton(viewSection, popupControls),
     cssSpacer(),
     dom.maybe(viewSection.filterSpecChanged, () => [
       primaryButton(
@@ -26,39 +28,64 @@ export function filterBar(_owner: IDisposableOwner, viewSection: ViewSectionRec)
   );
 }
 
-function makeFilterField(viewSection: ViewSectionRec, field: ViewFieldRec) {
+function makeFilterField(viewSection: ViewSectionRec, field: ViewFieldRec,
+                         popupControls: WeakMap<ViewFieldRec, PopupControl>) {
   return cssFilterBarItem(
     testId('filter-field'),
     primaryButton(
       testId('btn'),
       cssIcon('FilterSimple'),
       cssMenuTextLabel(dom.text(field.label)),
-      cssBtn.cls('-saved', field.activeFilter.isSaved),
-      attachColumnFilterMenu(viewSection, field, {placement: 'bottom-start', attach: 'body'}),
+      cssBtn.cls('-grayed', field.activeFilter.isSaved),
+      attachColumnFilterMenu(viewSection, field, {
+        placement: 'bottom-start', attach: 'body',
+        trigger: ['click', (_el, popupControl) => popupControls.set(field, popupControl)]
+      }),
     ),
     deleteButton(
       testId('delete'),
       cssIcon('CrossSmall'),
-      cssBtn.cls('-saved', field.activeFilter.isSaved),
+      cssBtn.cls('-grayed', field.activeFilter.isSaved),
       dom.on('click', () => field.activeFilter('')),
     )
   );
 }
 
-function makePlusButton(viewSectionRec: ViewSectionRec) {
+export function addFilterMenu(fields: ViewFieldRec[], popupControls: WeakMap<ViewFieldRec, PopupControl>,
+                              options?: IMenuOptions) {
+  return (
+    menu((ctl) => [
+      ...fields.map((f) => (
+        menuItemAsync(
+          () => turnOnAndOpenFilter(f, popupControls),
+          f.label.peek(),
+          dom.cls('disabled', f.isFiltered),
+          testId('add-filter-item'),
+        )
+      )),
+      // We need to stop click event to propagate otherwise it would cause view section menu to
+      // close.
+      dom.on('click', (ev) => {
+        ctl.close();
+        ev.stopPropagation();
+      }),
+    ], options)
+  );
+}
+
+function turnOnAndOpenFilter(f: ViewFieldRec, popupControls: WeakMap<ViewFieldRec, PopupControl>) {
+   f.activeFilter(allInclusive);
+   popupControls.get(f)?.open();
+}
+
+function makePlusButton(viewSectionRec: ViewSectionRec, popupControls: WeakMap<ViewFieldRec, PopupControl>) {
   return dom.domComputed((use) => {
     const fields = use(use(viewSectionRec.viewFields).getObservable());
     const anyFilter = fields.find((f) => use(f.isFiltered));
     return cssPlusButton(
-      cssBtn.cls('-saved'),
+      cssBtn.cls('-grayed'),
       cssIcon('Plus'),
-      menu(() => fields.map((f) => (
-        menuItemAsync(
-          () => f.activeFilter(allInclusive),
-          f.label.peek(),
-          dom.cls('disabled', f.isFiltered)
-        )
-      ))),
+      addFilterMenu(fields, popupControls),
       anyFilter ? null : cssPlusLabel('Add Filter'),
       testId('add-filter-btn')
     );
@@ -98,13 +125,13 @@ const cssBtn = styled('div', `
   .${cssFilterBar.className} > & {
     margin: 0 4px;
   }
-  &-saved {
+  &-grayed {
     color:        ${colors.light};
     --icon-color: ${colors.light};
     background-color: ${colors.slate};
     border-color: ${colors.slate};
   }
-  &-saved:hover {
+  &-grayed:hover {
     background-color: ${colors.darkGrey};
     border-color: ${colors.darkGrey};
   }
diff --git a/app/client/ui/ViewSectionMenu.ts b/app/client/ui/ViewSectionMenu.ts
index 3ac9ba94..eeaaf9f4 100644
--- a/app/client/ui/ViewSectionMenu.ts
+++ b/app/client/ui/ViewSectionMenu.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import {flipColDirection, parseSortColRefs} from 'app/client/lib/sortUtil';
 import {ColumnRec, DocModel, ViewFieldRec, ViewRec, ViewSectionRec} from 'app/client/models/DocModel';
 import {CustomComputed} from 'app/client/models/modelUtil';
 import {attachColumnFilterMenu} from 'app/client/ui/ColumnFilterMenu';
+import {addFilterMenu} from 'app/client/ui/FilterBar';
 import {makeViewLayoutMenu} from 'app/client/ui/ViewLayoutMenu';
 import {basicButton, primaryButton} from 'app/client/ui2018/buttons';
 import {colors, vars} from 'app/client/ui2018/cssVars';
@@ -9,6 +10,7 @@ import {icon} from 'app/client/ui2018/icons';
 import {menu, menuDivider} from 'app/client/ui2018/menus';
 import {Computed, dom, fromKo, makeTestId, Observable, styled} from 'grainjs';
 import difference = require('lodash/difference');
+import {PopupControl} from 'popweasel';
 
 const testId = makeTestId('test-section-menu-');
 
@@ -34,6 +36,8 @@ export function viewSectionMenu(docModel: DocModel, viewSection: ViewSectionRec,
     }
   });
 
+  const popupControls = new WeakMap<ViewFieldRec, PopupControl>();
+
   return cssMenu(
     testId('wrapper'),
     dom.autoDispose(emptySortFilterObs),
@@ -50,7 +54,8 @@ export function viewSectionMenu(docModel: DocModel, viewSection: ViewSectionRec,
                                (row: number) => docModel.columns.getRowModel(row));
         }),
         dom.domComputed(viewSection.filteredFields, fields =>
-          makeFilterPanel(viewSection, fields)),
+          makeFilterPanel(viewSection, fields, popupControls)),
+        makeAddFilterButton(viewSection, popupControls),
         makeFilterBarToggle(viewSection.activeFilterBar),
         dom.domComputed(iconSuffixObs, iconSuffix => {
           const displaySave = iconSuffix === '-unsaved';
@@ -119,6 +124,27 @@ function makeSortPanel(section: ViewSectionRec, sortSpec: number[], getColumn: (
   ];
 }
 
+export function makeAddFilterButton(viewSectionRec: ViewSectionRec,
+                                    popupControls: WeakMap<ViewFieldRec, PopupControl>) {
+  return dom.domComputed((use) => {
+    const fields = use(use(viewSectionRec.viewFields).getObservable());
+    return cssMenuText(
+      cssMenuIconWrapper(
+        cssIcon('Plus'),
+        addFilterMenu(fields, popupControls, {
+          placement: 'bottom-end',
+          // Attach content to triggerElem's parent, which is needed to prevent view section menu to
+          // close when clicking an item of the add filter menu.
+          attach: null
+        }),
+        testId('plus-button'),
+        dom.on('click', (ev) => ev.stopPropagation()),
+      ),
+      cssMenuTextLabel('Add Filter'),
+    );
+  });
+}
+
 export function makeFilterBarToggle(activeFilterBar: CustomComputed<boolean>) {
   return cssMenuText(
     cssMenuIconWrapper(
@@ -138,7 +164,8 @@ export function makeFilterBarToggle(activeFilterBar: CustomComputed<boolean>) {
 }
 
 
-function makeFilterPanel(section: ViewSectionRec, filteredFields: ViewFieldRec[]) {
+function makeFilterPanel(section: ViewSectionRec, filteredFields: ViewFieldRec[],
+                         popupControls: WeakMap<ViewFieldRec, PopupControl>) {
   const fields = filteredFields.map(field => {
     const fieldChanged = Computed.create(null, fromKo(field.activeFilter.isSaved), (_use, isSaved) => !isSaved);
     return cssMenuText(
@@ -146,7 +173,10 @@ function makeFilterPanel(section: ViewSectionRec, filteredFields: ViewFieldRec[]
       cssMenuIconWrapper(
         cssMenuIconWrapper.cls('-changed', fieldChanged),
         cssIcon('FilterSimple'),
-        attachColumnFilterMenu(section, field, {placement: 'bottom-end'}),
+        attachColumnFilterMenu(section, field, {
+          placement: 'bottom-end',
+          trigger: ['click', (_el, popupControl) => popupControls.set(field, popupControl)],
+        }),
         testId('filter-icon'),
       ),
       cssMenuTextLabel(field.label()),
diff --git a/test/nbrowser/gristUtils.ts b/test/nbrowser/gristUtils.ts
index 09c2c07c..7e7de066 100644
--- a/test/nbrowser/gristUtils.ts
+++ b/test/nbrowser/gristUtils.ts
@@ -875,6 +875,25 @@ export async function toggleSidePanel(which: 'right'|'left', goal: 'open'|'close
   await driver.sleep((transitionDuration + delta) * 1000);
 }
 
+/**
+ * Toggles (opens or closes) the filter bar for a section.
+ */
+export async function toggleFilterBar(goal: 'open'|'close'|'toggle' = 'toggle',
+                                      options: {section?: string|WebElement, save?: boolean} = {}) {
+  const isOpen = await driver.find('.test-filter-bar').isPresent();
+  if ((goal === 'close') && !isOpen ||
+      (goal === 'open') && isOpen ) {
+    return;
+  }
+  const menu = await openSectionMenu(options.section);
+  await menu.findContent('.grist-floating-menu > div', /Toggle Filter Bar/).find('.test-section-menu-btn').click();
+  if (options.save) {
+    await menu.findContent('.grist-floating-menu button', /Save/).click();
+    await waitForServer();
+  }
+  await menu.sendKeys(Key.ESCAPE);
+}
+
 /**
  * Opens the section menu for a section, or the active section if no section is given.
  */