bug(MatList): content projected mat-list-items do not apply mat-mdc-list-item-interactive

[Cowraider]

Is this a regression?

• Yes, this behavior used to work in the previous version

The previous version in which this bug was not present was

14.2.6

Description

After updating to Angular v15 projecting mat-list-items into the mat-nav-list does no longer work as expected. The hover effect is not working as the class mat-mdc-list-item-interactive is not added.

<mat-nav-list>
  <ng-container *ngTemplateOutlet="items"></ng-container>
</mat-nav-list>

<ng-template #items>
  <a mat-list-item href="https://google.com"> google </a>
  <a mat-list-item href="https://angular.io"> angular </a>
</ng-template>

Reproduction

StackBlitz link: https://stackblitz.com/edit/ng5v1w-bbsdvs?file=src%2Fexample%2Flist-overview-example.html
Steps to reproduce:

1. hover over not working items

Expected Behavior

Content projected items should behave like they were added "directly".

Actual Behavior

Mat-list-items do not get the mat-mdc-list-item-interactive class and therefore displayed as non-interactive.

Environment

• Angular: 15.2.9
• CDK/Material: 15.2.9
• Browser(s): Firefox/Chrome
• Operating System (e.g. Windows, macOS, Ubuntu): Windows

[ProjectBay]

My workaround for now is to add
class="mat-mdc-list-item-interactive" matRipple

to the mat-list-item element manually

[krishnanmk]

+1

[ActJV]

Same behavior in v15 with mat-action-list and templated items <button mat-list-item>.
Workaround atm is indeed to add the mat-mdc-list-item-interactive class and matRipple.

Any other workaround to look trough the templating?