{"action":"opened","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/Microsoft/vscode/issues/3429","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/Microsoft/vscode","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/Microsoft/vscode/issues/3429/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/Microsoft/vscode/issues/3429/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/Microsoft/vscode/issues/3429/events","html_url":"https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/3429","id":136204400,"number":3429,"title":"Themes don't support background styling","user":{"login":"Tyriar","id":2193314,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2193314?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/Tyriar","html_url":"https://github.com/Tyriar","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Tyriar/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Tyriar/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Tyriar/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Tyriar/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Tyriar/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Tyriar/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Tyriar/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Tyriar/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Tyriar/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/Microsoft/vscode/labels/themes","name":"themes","color":"c7def8"}],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":{"login":"aeschli","id":6461412,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6461412?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/aeschli","html_url":"https://github.com/aeschli","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/aeschli/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/aeschli/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/aeschli/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/aeschli/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/aeschli/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/aeschli/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/aeschli/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/aeschli/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/aeschli/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"milestone":null,"comments":0,"created_at":"2016-02-24T22:19:33Z","updated_at":"2016-02-24T22:19:33Z","closed_at":null,"body":".tmTheme files allow specification of background colors which don't seem to be supported, for example:\r\n\r\n```xml\r\n<dict>\r\n  <key>name</key>\r\n  <string>Separator</string>\r\n  <key>scope</key>\r\n  <string>meta.separator</string>\r\n  <key>settings</key>\r\n  <dict>\r\n    <key>background</key>\r\n    <string>#E0E0E0</string>\r\n    <key>foreground</key>\r\n    <string>#373B41</string>\r\n  </dict>\r\n</dict>\r\n```\r\n\r\nThis is especially problematic for themes that attempt to invert background and use a similar foreground to the text view's background color (https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/2158)"}}