diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/react/src/markdown/BlockCode.tsx b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/react/src/markdown/BlockCode.tsx
index dd095451..f77bc2b4 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/react/src/markdown/BlockCode.tsx
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/react/src/markdown/BlockCode.tsx
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ export const BlockCode = ({ text, buttonsOnHover, language }: { text: string, bu
 	const isSingleLine = !text.includes('\n')
 
 	return (<>
-		<div className={`relative group w-full bg-void-bg-3 overflow-hidden isolate`}>
+		<div className={`relative group w-full overflow-hidden`}>
 			{buttonsOnHover === null ? null : (
 				<div className="z-[1] absolute top-0 right-0 opacity-0 group-hover:opacity-100 duration-200">
 					<div className={`flex space-x-2 ${isSingleLine ? '' : 'p-2'}`}>{buttonsOnHover}</div>
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/react/src/markdown/ChatMarkdownRender.tsx b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/react/src/markdown/ChatMarkdownRender.tsx
index 12656acb..d8814631 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/react/src/markdown/ChatMarkdownRender.tsx
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/react/src/markdown/ChatMarkdownRender.tsx
@@ -49,14 +49,14 @@ const CodeButtonsOnHover = ({ text }: { text: string }) => {
 
 	return <>
 		<button
-			className={`${isSingleLine ? '' : 'p-1'} text-xs bg-void-bg-1 text-void-fg-3 hover:brightness-110 border border-vscode-input-border rounded text-xs`}
+			className={`${isSingleLine ? '' : 'p-1'} text-xs bg-void-bg-1 text-void-fg-1 hover:brightness-110 border border-vscode-input-border rounded text-xs`}
 			onClick={onCopy}
 		>
 			{copyButtonState}
 		</button>
 		<button
 			// btn btn-secondary btn-sm border text-xs border-vscode-input-border rounded
-			className={`${isSingleLine ? '' : 'p-1'} text-xs bg-void-bg-1 hover:brightness-110 border border-vscode-input-border rounded text-xs`}
+			className={`${isSingleLine ? '' : 'p-1'} text-xs bg-void-bg-1 text-void-fg-1 hover:brightness-110 border border-vscode-input-border rounded text-xs`}
 			onClick={onApply}
 		>
 			Apply
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/react/src/sidebar-tsx/SidebarChat.tsx b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/react/src/sidebar-tsx/SidebarChat.tsx
index 97e342bd..6b6e3bc3 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/react/src/sidebar-tsx/SidebarChat.tsx
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/react/src/sidebar-tsx/SidebarChat.tsx
@@ -285,12 +285,12 @@ export const SelectedFiles = (
 							{/* selection summary */}
 							<div
 								// className="relative rounded rounded-e-2xl flex items-center space-x-2 mx-1 mb-1 disabled:cursor-default"
-								className={`flex items-center gap-1 relative
-									rounded-md p-1
+								className={`flex items-center gap-0.5 relative
+									rounded-md px-1
 									w-fit h-fit
 									select-none
 									bg-void-bg-3 hover:brightness-95
-									text-void-fg-3 text-xs text-nowrap
+									text-void-fg-1 text-xs text-nowrap
 									border border-vscode-commandcenter-border rounded-xs
 								`}
 								onClick={() => {
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ export const SelectedFiles = (
 							</div>
 							{/* selection text */}
 							{isThisSelectionOpened &&
-								<div className='w-full p-1 rounded-sm border-vscode-editor-border'>
+								<div className='w-full px-1 rounded-sm border-vscode-editor-border'>
 									<BlockCode text={selection.selectionStr!} language={getLanguageFromFileName(selection.fileURI.path)} />
 								</div>
 							}
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/react/src/styles.css b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/react/src/styles.css
index 31742153..6c3a61c9 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/react/src/styles.css
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/react/src/styles.css
@@ -20,6 +20,17 @@
 
 
 
+.inherit-bg-all-restyle > * {
+	background-color: inherit !important;
+}
+
+
+/* redefine sidebar background to editor background */
+.my-code-editor {
+	--vscode-sideBar-background: var(--vscode-editor-background);
+}
+
+
 
 /* html {
 	font-size: var(--vscode-font-size);
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/react/src/util/inputs.tsx b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/react/src/util/inputs.tsx
index 7c3fc861..1ebdff20 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/react/src/util/inputs.tsx
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/void/browser/react/src/util/inputs.tsx
@@ -303,14 +303,15 @@ export const VoidCodeEditor = ({ initValue, language }: { initValue: string, lan
 	const instantiationService = accessor.get('IInstantiationService')
 	const modelService = accessor.get('IModelService')
 	const languageDetectionService = accessor.get('ILanguageDetectionService')
+	const themeService = accessor.get('IThemeService')
 
 	initValue = normalizeIndentation(initValue)
 
 	return <div ref={divRef}>
 		<WidgetComponent
-			className='relative z-0 bg-void-bg-3' // text-sm
-			ctor={useCallback((container) =>
-				instantiationService.createInstance(
+			className='relative z-0 bg-red-500 @@my-code-editor' // text-sm
+			ctor={useCallback((container) => {
+				return instantiationService.createInstance(
 					CodeEditorWidget,
 					container,
 					{
@@ -354,7 +355,7 @@ export const VoidCodeEditor = ({ initValue, language }: { initValue: string, lan
 					{
 						isSimpleWidget: true,
 					})
-				, [instantiationService])
+			}, [instantiationService])
 			}
 
 			onCreateInstance={useCallback((editor: CodeEditorWidget) => {