Yes, but that's not 'by default'. As far as I know, that's as good as it gets, though.Did you found the solution? I need to do the same.
switch ($modx->event->name) {
case 'OnManagerPageBeforeRender':
if($controller->config['controller'] == "security/user") {
$controller->addHTML('
<script>
Ext.ComponentMgr.onAvailable("modx-panel-users", function () {
this.items[1].items[1].baseParams = {
action: "security/user/getList",
usergroup: MODx.request["usergroup"] ? MODx.request["usergroup"] : "",
sort: "id",
dir: "desc"
};
});
</script>
');
}
break;
}