angular / angular/components

bug(material/form-field): A density of -2 or lower breaks labels

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area: material/form-field P2
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Description

### Is this a regression?

- [ ] Yes, this behavior used to work in the previous version

### The previous version in which this bug was not present was

_No response_

### Description

When setting a density of -4 on a form field with a `matSuffix`, the text is not aligned.

density -4
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density 0
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### Reproduction

StackBlitz link: https://stackblitz.com/edit/uprkxp?file=src%2Ftheme.scss
Steps to reproduce:
1. Set density of -4
2. Observe how input text is not vertically aligned any longer

### Expected Behavior

Input text should always be vertically aligned, regardless of density.

### Actual Behavior

Density -4 does not vertically align input text

### Environment

Angular CLI: 15.1.6
Node: 18.13.0
Package Manager: npm 8.19.3
OS: darwin x64

Angular: 15.1.5
... animations, cdk, common, compiler, compiler-cli, core, forms
... material, platform-browser, platform-browser-dynamic, router

Package Version
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@angular-devkit/architect 0.1501.6
@angular-devkit/build-angular 15.1.6
@angular-devkit/core 15.1.6
@angular-devkit/schematics 15.1.6
@angular/cli 15.1.6
@schematics/angular 15.1.6
rxjs 7.8.0
typescript 4.9.5

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Research direction

Start with the linked StackBlitz reproduction and its src/theme.scss, set the form-field density to -4, and compare it with density 0. Done means the input text remains vertically aligned when a matSuffix is present at density -2 or lower.

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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
35/100

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