Bug, feature request, or proposal:
BUG
What is the expected behavior?
Material should work with platform-server
What is the current behavior?
TypeError: Cannot read property 'dir' of undefined
What are the steps to reproduce?
Please look the next section for source of issue
What is the use-case or motivation for changing an existing behavior?
platform-server
Which versions of Angular, Material, OS, TypeScript, browsers are affected?
material: 2.0.0-beta.7
angular: 4.1.2
Is there anything else we should know?
https://github.com/angular/material2/blob/master/src/lib/core/bidi/directionality.ts#L50
in platform-server: _document.documentElement is undefined so _document.documentElement.dir is rasing an error