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