From 1c5064e2b8fe48b1646ba2f62e16757a41ed539f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: crisbeto <crisbeto@abv.bg>
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2017 06:10:36 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] refactor(input): alternative approach to sizing the
 placeholder

Switches to an alternative approach, using `display: inline-table`, to set the size of the `.mat-input-placeholder-wrapper`, because there are reports that the unicode content may end up getting rendered in some browsers.
---
 src/lib/input/input-container.scss | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/lib/input/input-container.scss b/src/lib/input/input-container.scss
index a266bfd3297e..723f370cff32 100644
--- a/src/lib/input/input-container.scss
+++ b/src/lib/input/input-container.scss
@@ -173,7 +173,8 @@ $mat-input-underline-disabled-background-image:
 
   // Keeps the element height since the placeholder text is `position: absolute`.
   &::after {
-    content: '\\00a0';
+    content: '';
+    display: inline-table;
   }
 }