Angular Material: how to set floatPlaceholder to never - html

Question

Library: Angular Material (material2)
I would like to use the MdInputContainer's floatPlaceholder directive, so that the placeholder/hint never floats.
I don't see where it states the values it expects in the documentation:
#Input() floatPlaceholder: Whether the placeholder should always float, never float or float as the user types.
taken from: https://material.angular.io/components/input/api
<md-input-container [floatPlaceholder]="false">
<input type="text" mdInput placeholder="Search...">
</md-input-container>
I've tried false and "never" for the values as my best guesses, but neither prevents the placeholder from floating above the input.

Answer 1

You can set the floatPlaceholder input to: auto, always, never.
<md-input-container floatPlaceholder="never">
<input type="text"
mdInput
placeholder="Search...">
</md-input-container>
Update (Angular Material 6):
Now you have to use floatLabel:
<mat-form-field floatLabel="never">
<input matInput placeholder="Search...">
</mat-form-field>
Stackblitz Demo

Answer 2

You can also set this as a global setting in your AppModule like this:
Import the MAT_FORM_FIELD_DEFAULT_OPTIONS into your AppModule
import { MAT_FORM_FIELD_DEFAULT_OPTIONS } from '#angular/material';
Pass it into the providers array of the module (additional code omitted with ...):
#NgModule({
imports: [...],
declarations: [...],
providers: [
{ provide: MAT_FORM_FIELD_DEFAULT_OPTIONS, useValue: { float: 'never' } },
...
],
bootstrap: [...]
})
export class AppModule {}

Answer 3

For Angular 10 this works fine
import { NgModule } from '#angular/core';
import { MatAutocompleteModule } from '#angular/material/autocomplete';
#NgModule({
exports: [
MatAutocompleteModule,
// other modules needed
],
providers: [
{ provide: MAT_FORM_FIELD_DEFAULT_OPTIONS, useValue: { floatLabel: 'never' } },
],
declarations: [],
})
export class MaterialModule { }