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MatFormField hint and error alignment wrong when using a matPrefix icon

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area: material/form-field material spec P3
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Description

#### Bug, feature request, or proposal:
Bug

#### What is the expected behavior?
Hint and error text are horizontally aligned with input text and both are indented if a matPrefix icon is present.

#### What is the current behavior?
The hint and error text are never indented when matPrefix is used.

#### What are the steps to reproduce?
https://stackblitz.com/edit/angular-h1lpum?embed=1&file=app/form-field-appearance-example.html

#### What is the use-case or motivation for changing an existing behavior?
Material Design guidelines are not being followed.

#### Which versions of Angular, Material, OS, TypeScript, browsers are affected?
Angular 6.0.5, Angular Material 6.2.1

#### Is there anything else we should know?
The alignment spec is not explicitly mentioned, but the anatomy diagram is clear: https://material.io/design/components/text-fields.html#anatomy.

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Research direction

Start with the linked StackBlitz reproduction and inspect the mat-form-field behavior when a matPrefix icon is present. Done means hint and error text align horizontally with the input text and are indented consistently with the prefix, while preserving the existing form-field behavior.

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Assessment

Tech stack
angular, typescript
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
38/100

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