Model starts as "dirty"

[Scipionh]

I have the following input :

<input type="text"
class="validate"
[(ngModel)]="dateX"
[textMask]="{mask: [/\d/, /\d/, '.', /\d/, /\d/, '.', /\d/, /\d/, /\d/, /\d/], placeholderChar: '\u2000'}"
name="dateX"
ngControl="dateX"
#dateX="ngModel" />

however, when the page loads, it is loaded with dirty. After a quick look at the code, it seems to come from the writeValue.
Any reason why it isn't loaded with dirty=false ?

[andyrue]

Strange. It only appears to be dirty if you're using ngModel and template-driven forms. FormControl and model-driven forms show up as pristine. Definitely a bug.

[Scipionh]

It actually comes with both ng-pristine and ng-dirty which is really odd. Yes I am using template-driven forms.

[andyrue]

On initial load, we update the mask and write the value to the model. This is what's marking it as dirty. Seems we need to find a way to mark things as Pristine after initial load but I haven't found a place to successfully do that yet from within the directive.

[g-serghei]

I have the same problem

[PerfectPixel]

As I ran into the same problem earlier today, I provided a fix that straightens out a few quirks with the handling of ControlValueAccessor.