Michael Prentice

I created a [CodePen](https://codepen.io/Splaktar/pen/zRMBwP?editors=1010) demo for investigating this. I also verified locally that a simple change to `MdAutocomplete` to change `ng-maxlength="inputMaxlength"` to `md-maxlength="{{inputMaxlength}}"` causes the autocomplete to show the `md-char-counter`.


I did the easy parts of this in https://github.com/DevIntent/material/commit/056e5ff2cc5f4527a3fa763bd0601d730f9c53d6, but as mentioned in the OP, the `md-char-counter` is not updated when a selection is made.

Updated [CodePen repro](https://codepen.io/Splaktar/pen/KZwpXp) using matching AngularJS Material CSS/JS versions and AngularJS 1.6.6. Also added an input that shows `ng-focus` working properly.

@BorlandFA please let me know if you can find a past AngularJS Material version where this worked properly. I'll mark it as a regression and elevate the priority in that...

@cmevawala Thank you for taking the time to submit this issue. However it does not follow our **required** issue template. Please update the description to follow the template. This gives...

While the CodePen in the OP used AngularJS Material 1.0.0, I was able to reproduce this in a [CodePen](https://codepen.io/Splaktar/pen/yKYaea?editors=1010#0) using 1.1.7. This works fine with a standalone `md-select` element (using...

Updated the [CodePen](https://codepen.io/Splaktar/pen/LQyGzz?editors=1111) to Angular 1.6.7 and removed the browser specific styles. Thus it only uses `column-count: 2;` and I can still see the checkboxes in the second column are...

What is the use case for destroying and re-creating an AngularJS Material app without a page reload? Is this related to ngUpgrade?

We do have some memory leaks in input and dialog: - https://github.com/angular/material/issues/10851 - https://github.com/angular/material/issues/11207 But your demo seems to only be using `md-button`. It injects `$mdDialog` but doesn't use it....