[UX] Display the "Default" block title on Add/Configure block UI

I often wonder what the title of my block will be when I leave it as "Default". Can we pull that info from hook_block_view and display it on the back-end for users?

screen shot 2017-05-01 at 11 29 21 am

PR by @daggerhart: https://github.com/backdrop/backdrop/pull/1867

GitHub Link:

https://github.com/backdrop/backdrop-issues/issues/2665

GitHub Issue #:

2665

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