From ce26caeb4001798d510fb851bccbcaf9e67ad88b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeremy Elbourn <jelbourn@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2016 16:45:45 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix(input): floating placeholder on by default (#1619)

---
 src/lib/input/input.spec.ts | 9 +++++++++
 src/lib/input/input.ts      | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/lib/input/input.spec.ts b/src/lib/input/input.spec.ts
index 2c3146293d00..6f53fd3797ff 100644
--- a/src/lib/input/input.spec.ts
+++ b/src/lib/input/input.spec.ts
@@ -70,6 +70,15 @@ describe('MdInput', function () {
     expect(fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('input'))).toBeTruthy();
   });
 
+  it('should default to flating placeholders', () => {
+    let fixture = TestBed.createComponent(MdInputBaseTestController);
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+
+    let mdInput = fixture.debugElement.query(By.directive(MdInput)).componentInstance as MdInput;
+    expect(mdInput.floatingPlaceholder)
+        .toBe(true, 'Expected MdInput to default to having floating placeholders turned on');
+  });
+
   it('should not be treated as empty if type is date', () => {
     if (isInternetExplorer11()) {
       return;
diff --git a/src/lib/input/input.ts b/src/lib/input/input.ts
index 4abbf4148b05..ee569594a2f9 100644
--- a/src/lib/input/input.ts
+++ b/src/lib/input/input.ts
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ export class MdInput implements ControlValueAccessor, AfterContentInit, OnChange
   @Input() type: string = 'text';
   @Input() name: string = null;
 
-  private _floatingPlaceholder: boolean = false;
+  private _floatingPlaceholder: boolean = true;
   private _autofocus: boolean = false;
   private _disabled: boolean = false;
   private _readonly: boolean = false;