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me too. Using Material 2.0.0-beta.12 and Angular 4.4.4. It's seems that `MATERIAL_COMPATIBILITY_MODE` leads this. code as following. https://github.com/Promact/md2/blob/a3ca00d5b41f592d0d3c9eede2e403ccde21dcb6/src/lib/core/compatibility/compatibility.ts#L3 https://github.com/Promact/md2/blob/a3ca00d5b41f592d0d3c9eede2e403ccde21dcb6/src/lib/core/compatibility/compatibility.ts#L147 howerver, **It is by design** (seems to be). ---- **For those...

@michaelreiser I don't think `MATERIAL_COMPATIBILITY_MODE` could lead your problem. You can provide more information, such as code segment including `matInput`, for investigation. > I can't get floating placeholders to work...

@langley-agm thank you, sorry for replaying late. sometimes we just want to log business logic errors, etc. but not throw program logic exception. and no stack trace will be provided...