[theming] Separate workbench theme and syntax theme

After upgrading to VS Code 1.12, I noticed that the workbench theme of the built-in Monokai color theme had been changed. However, I preferred the default workbench theme a lot.

But in VS Code, there are only two types of themes: Color Theme and Icon Theme, and the workbench theme is tightly coupled with the syntax theme in the Color Theme category.

In contrast, Sublime Text separates theme into color_scheme and theme in the preferences. For example, I can choose Material style for the workbench and Monokai for the syntax highlighting. Does the team have plan to separate them and let users have more flexibility to customize their editor?

By the way, I found that some of theme extensions use .json as their theme file (including the built-in Monokai), but the official documentation only mentions that we can use yo code to generate theme extension with an existing .tmTheme file. Is there any documentation for clarifying their difference and also the schema of the .json file?

[aeschli]

We currently have no plans to separate workbench themes and syntax themes in the UI.

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