Mat form field outline appearance mat label issue

[bradleybeighton]

What is the expected behavior?

The Mat label is meant to float up, sit above the outline and have a white background

What is the current behavior?

The mat label is floating up but doesn't have a white background.

What are the steps to reproduce?

Add a mat input with appearance outline

<mat-form-field appearance="outline"> <mat-label>{{question.label}}</mat-label> <input matInput [placeholder]="question.placeholder" [formControlName]="question.key" [id]="question.key" [type]="question.type"> ion.type"> </mat-form-field>

Which versions of Angular, Material, OS, TypeScript, browsers are affected?

Angular Material version 7.1.0

Is there anything else we should know?

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