# Talking about Markdown's CodeMirror theme update

**URL:** <https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/talking-about-markdowns-codemirror-theme-update/19443>\
**Category:** Lounge\
**Created:** [13 August 2021 03:35 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/talking-about-markdowns-codemirror-theme-update/19443 "2021-08-13T03:35:22Z")\
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**Post date:** [18 August 2021 11:28 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/talking-about-markdowns-codemirror-theme-update/19443/12 "2021-08-18T11:28:35Z")

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IMO, the background is a bit distracting because empty lines do not have a background.  
The entire code block should have a background.

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/uploads/cozic/original/2X/c/c1514929a14126d165246bc6ceb09e6d2b661dc1.png)

Unfortunately I think there's not much one can do except remove the background with css again, because there's no div for the entire code block.

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