Components: [Table] dense layout for mat-table

[bracco23]

Bug, feature request, or proposal:

feature request

What is the expected behavior?

Like for mat-list, a dense layout mode should be available to show tables with a modified row height and font size to show more packed information

What is the current behavior?

No such layout exist

What is the use-case or motivation for changing an existing behavior?

Table with a lot of rows and no particularly crowded cells might use it to show more rows in a single page.

[willshowell]

This should be pretty easy by overriding a little css. Or making your own version from CdkTable. Otherwise, probably covered under https://github.com/angular/material2/issues/4597

[bracco23]

I agree that #4597 covers it. If anyone needs an easy fix, overriding the mat-row class allows you to change the min-height value, default is 48, I used 36 for a more dense table. Probably a full solution needs other fixes, for me it is enough.

The fix will change the height of the header row too. If needed, mat-header-row could be used to avoid that, but I have not tried it.

[jelbourn]

Duplicate of #4597

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