[FormField] Add option to allow hint to be shown only when focused
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Description
#### Bug, feature request, or proposal:
Feature request
#### What is the expected behavior?
When the option is specified, the hint/helper text is hidden unless the field has focus.
#### What is the current behavior?
The hint is always displayed unless no hint is used
#### What is the use-case or motivation for changing an existing behavior?
Material Design specifications call for the hint to be either always displayed or displayed on focus only: https://material.io/guidelines/components/text-fields.html#text-fields-layout (see 'Helper text').
#### Which versions of Angular, Material, OS, TypeScript, browsers are affected?
Material v5
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start at the Angular Material FormField implementation and trace how hint/helper text is currently rendered. Confirm the option's expected focused and unfocused states, then verify that the hint is hidden without focus and remains visible when focused.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- angular, typescript
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100