Encountering an issue with Angular2's material components when a component is updated via setValue. Check out the plnkr link below for more details...
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Observed that both the value and the placeholder are occupying the same space.
Implemented a setTimeout to mimic an ajax fetch that would populate the form asynchronously. Is there something amiss in my approach or is it a bug within ng2's material module?