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bug(COMPONENT): mat-icon-button needs to be wrapped to apply density

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area: material/button P3
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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 applying custom density (via a custom CSS class) using Angular Material Theme API directly to Angular Material button (e.g., mat-flat-button, mat-stroked-button), the height is adjusted as expected. However, when the custom density context (the same CSS class as for mat-stroked-button etc) is applied directly to a button mat-icon-button, the size of it remains unchanged. The density changes are only applied if the mat-icon-button is wrapped in an element with the density class.

### Reproduction

StackBlitz link: https://stackblitz.com/edit/sb1-41rfph?file=src%2Fapp%2Fapp.component.scss
StackOverflow link: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/79227144/mat-icon-button-needs-to-be-wrapped-to-apply-density

Steps to reproduce:
1. Create css class:
`.ui-high-density {
@include mat.icon-button-density(-2);
}`

2. Apply css class .ui-high-density to button:
A. mat-flat-button
`Some text`
B. mat-icon-button
`Some text`

### Expected Behavior

The size of height on both, mat-flat-button and mat-icon-button, will change.

### Actual Behavior

The height change only on mat-flat-button and mat-icon-button stay the same.

When I wrapped mat-icon-button into div with class ui-hight-density, the height of button changed.
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### Environment

- Angular: 18.2.11
- CDK/Material: 18.2.13
- Browser(s): Google Chrome
- Operating System (e.g. Windows, macOS, Ubuntu): macOS Sonoma

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Research direction

Start with the StackBlitz reproduction in src/app/app.component.scss and the mat.icon-button-density(-2) mixin described in the issue. Compare how density applies directly to mat-flat-button with the direct mat-icon-button case, then verify that the icon button changes size without a wrapper and that the reproduction matches the expected behavior.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
angular, scss, typescript
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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