bug(form-field): Updating input value via `effect`+`FormControl` doesn't trigger label position calculation
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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 updating a `FormControl` value inside a signal `effect`, the `MatFormField` floating label does not reposition under `OnPush` change detection unless `ChangeDetectorRef.markForCheck()` is called manually.
### Reproduction
StackBlitz link: https://stackblitz.com/edit/ujogbvgu?file=src%2Fexample%2Fform-field-overview-example.ts
Steps to reproduce:
1. Update input via `FormControl` + `effect`
2. Observe that label position does not update unless `ChangeDetectorRef.markForCheck()` is invoked explicitly.
### Expected Behavior
Using `signal`s and `effect`s, I expected not to have to call `ChangeDetectorRef.markForCheck()` for the label to float.
### Actual Behavior
The label did not float when the control's value was set.
### Environment
- Angular: 20.2.x
- CDK/Material: 20.2.x
- Browser(s): Chrome
- Operating System (e.g. Windows, macOS, Ubuntu): Windows
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start with the reproduction in src/example/form-field-overview-example.ts and run the StackBlitz steps using FormControl and effect under OnPush change detection. Trace the MatFormField label-position update and verify that the label floats after the control value changes without manually calling ChangeDetectorRef.markForCheck().
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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