TextField with type date - intended or error when using label
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Description
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Current behavior 😯
Using the component <TextField type="text" label="myLabel" placeholder="myPlaceholder" /> leads to the having the label and a date mask to overwrite each other.

Expected behavior 🤔
I would expect the element only to show the label and eventually the date format when an invalid date has been used or as a tooltip.
Steps to reproduce 🕹
https://codesandbox.io/s/useformcontrol-material-demo-forked-270g0?file=/demo.tsx:230-306
import * as React from "react";
import TextField from "@mui/material/TextField";
import Box from "@mui/material/Box";
export default function UseFormControl() {
return (
<Box component="form" noValidate autoComplete="off">
<TextField type="text" label="myLabel" placeholder="myPlaceholder" />
<br/>
<TextField type="date" label="myLabel" placeholder="myPlaceholder" />
</Box>
);
}
Context 🔦
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Your environment 🌎
`npx @mui/envinfo`
System:
OS: macOS 12.1
CPU: (8) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8559U CPU @ 2.70GHz
Memory: 463.25 MB / 16.00 GB
Shell: 5.8 - /bin/zsh
Binaries:
Node: 16.13.2 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v16.13.2/bin/node
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Managers:
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Make: 3.81 - /usr/bin/make
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Subversion: 1.14.1 - /usr/local/bin/svn
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iOS SDK:
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Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Begin with the TextField examples in the linked CodeSandbox, comparing type="text" and type="date" with a label and placeholder. Confirm the behavior in the current version and clarify whether the label/date-mask overlap is intended; done means the expected rendering or behavior is established and verified.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript, react
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100