How to change the height of an empty field

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I noticed when changing a value, just a standard text input you get an element with a padding of px-2 when the field is empty. Once you start typing you get a normal input with that same padding of px-2. Is there a way to just get the full input before you start typing? I am including some screenshots on what I am seeing. The reason this is creating a problem is that I want to reduce padding to zero on the field input but when I do that, the empty field cannot even be seen.

Current behavior: empty field is an empty element with 2px padding

Needed or expected behavior: empty field is actually a normal input