Status bar changes colors when not focued
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Description
Type: Bug
Whenever I split screen and focus on different window, then the status bar changes to the default blue color that is normal for when folders are open.
I don't want it to change the default blue color because I want it to stay in the override color that I've already set for the status bar, black.
I have it set in my settings.json but it doesn't seem to work.
```json
"workbench.colorCustomizations": {
"editorOverviewRuler.errorForeground": "#0000",
"editorOverviewRuler.warningForeground": "#0000",
"statusBar.background": "#1E1E1E",
// "list.inactiveSelectionBackground": "#fffb17",
},
```
VS Code version: Code 1.138.0 (7debcd0e2acdea1c52de81bf9ee1620444407dda, 2026-09-15T07:24:32Z)
OS version: Darwin arm64 25.5.0
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Machine model name: Mac
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|Process Argv|--crash-reporter-id 79be7f39-79ed-43fb-9657-fe96aa1d8373|
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|VM|0%|
Extensions: none
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