Code background color overridden by PyCharm UI Theme

[Stevoisiak]

Summary

The UI Theme in PyCharm overrides the code background color set by Material Theme. Once the PyCharm theme has been changed, there does not seem to be any way to revert back to the Material Theme colors.

Expected behavior

After installing Material Theme, the code background color should be dark to match the Material Oceanic theme set in Appearance & Behavior -> Material Theme -> Selected Theme

Actual behavior

The code background color is bright white, as defined by the IntelliJ theme in Appearance & Behavior -> Appearance -> Theme

Steps to reproduce (if needed)

1. Install Material Theme & restart PyCharm
2. Complete theme setup wizard
3. Open File -> Settings -> Appearance & Behavior -> Appearance
4. Change the Theme and confirm changes with OK.
5. Restart PyCharm.

Environment

Help -> About

PyCharm 2018.2 (Community Edition)
Build #PC-182.3684.100, built on July 24, 2018
JRE: 1.8.0_152-release-1248-b8 amd64
JVM: OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM by JetBrains s.r.o
Windows 7 6.1

material_theme.xml

<application>
  <component name="MaterialThemeConfig">
    <option name="version" value="2.7.0" />
    <option name="highlightColor" value="80cbc4" />
    <option name="rightTreeIndent" value="6" />
    <option name="accentColor" value="80cbc4" />
    <option name="userId" value="1640347f:164f6ff0e36:-8000" />
    <option name="allowDataCollection" value="true" />
  </component>
</application>

material_custom_theme.xml

<application>
  <component name="MaterialCustomThemeConfig">
    <option name="treeSelectionColor" value="546e7a" />
    <option name="highlightColor" value="425b67" />
    <option name="secondBorderColor" value="2a373e" />
    <option name="contrastColor" value="1e272c" />
    <option name="secondaryBackgroundColor" value="32424a" />
    <option name="buttonColor" value="2e3c43" />
    <option name="selectionForegroundColor" value="ffffff" />
    <option name="selectionBackgroundColor" value="546e7a" />
    <option name="textColor" value="607d8b" />
    <option name="foregroundColor" value="b0bec5" />
  </component>
</application>

Material theme plugin version: 2.7.0

[Stevoisiak]

Disregard this issue. I missed this section in the FAQ.

Q: I’ve installed the Material Theme, but the editor still shows me the Darcula theme?

A: The Theme Switcher is only replacing the theme of the whole IDE, not the editor itself. You can therefore have a separate theme for the IDE and the Editor, for instance Palenight and Darker or even a custom Color Scheme.