Browser: Chrome
Component: misc core
Regression: no

For example, an gets the textInput directive applied. It's not very useful. Directive stacking means it's not a huge deal, since you can apply your own directive on top. But I like the cleanest possible approach. My change uses the "type" property, which allows the browser to decide what type an input is going to be (defaulting to "text" if need be) and then only applies the directives for matching types.