Expected behavior Text Area and Select are displayed as if untouched. Seems to work correctly for normal text input.

Actual behavior Text Area and Select are highlighted green (valid) when form is pre-populated using the patchValue and updateValueAndValidity methods for the controls.

    <div class="md-form mb-5">
          <textarea type="text"
                    id="dataGroupDescription"
                    mdbInput
                    mdbValidate
                    formControlName="dataGroupDescription"
                    class="md-textarea md-textarea-auto form-control"></textarea>
          <label for="dataGroupDescription">Description of the Data Group</label>
          <mdb-error *ngIf="dataGroupDescription.invalid && (dataGroupDescription.dirty || dataGroupDescription.touched)">
            <span *ngIf="dataGroupDescription.errors.required">Description is required</span>
            <span *ngIf="dataGroupDescription.errors.minlength">The description must be at least 20 characters</span>
            <span *ngIf="dataGroupDescription.errors.maxlength">The description cannot exceed 5000 characters</span>
          </mdb-error>
        </div>


        <div class="md-form input-group mb-5">
          <mdb-select
                       [options]="companyList"
                      formControlName="company"
                      class="form-control"
                      placeholder="Choose Company"
                      label="Company"
                      mdbValidate></mdb-select>
        </div>