Pull Request for Issue # .

Summary of Changes

Allow to get the default value of a form field. In some cases if you want to compare the current value to the default value and see if they are different.

Testing Instructions

Grab a random component list view, change its filter_xxx.xml and add a default value to a filter.

In the list view add code:

$this->filterForm = $model->getFilterForm();
$filters = $this->filterForm->getGroup('filter');
foreach ($filters as $fieldName => $field) {
   $field->class .= $field->value != $field->default ? ' active' : ''; 
}

Actual result BEFORE applying this Pull Request

The class active is not added to the field.

Expected result AFTER applying this Pull Request

The class active is added to the file.

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