Highlighting tab characters in Sublime Text (2 or 3) - sublimetext2

Is there a way I can highlight just tab characters? I know about "draw_white_space": "all" but I don't want to highlight all whitespace, just tabs.
There doesn't seem to be a plugin or a setting that fits the bill. I'd like to avoid writing a new plugin, but I will if I have to.
Thanks in advance!

I haven't worked on this plugin in a while, but you can try PersistentRegexHighlight. You will just need to define a regex pattern for the tabs and a color to highlight with if you don't like the default.

I have only tested this on SublimeText2. As an alternative to PersistentRegexHighlight, you could use the following minor modifications to the theme and language files. Please feel free to disregard / remove the whitespace definitions -- I included them because someone else may be interested in seeing how to modify Theme / Language files:
Excerpt from whatever language syntax you want -- e.g., LaTeX.tmLanguage
<!-- BEGIN whitespace / tab definitions -->
<dict>
<key>match</key>
<string>\t+</string>
<key>name</key>
<string>lawlist.tab</string>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>match</key>
<string> +</string>
<key>name</key>
<string>lawlist.space</string>
</dict>
<!-- END -->
Excerpt from whatever theme you are using -- e.g., lawlist.tmTheme
<!-- BEGIN whitespace / tab definitions -->
<dict>
<key>scope</key>
<string>lawlist.tab</string>
<key>settings</key>
<dict>
<key>fontStyle</key>
<string></string>
<key>foreground</key>
<string>#FF0000</string>
<key>background</key>
<string>#FFFFFF</string>
</dict>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>scope</key>
<string>lawlist.space</string>
<key>settings</key>
<dict>
<key>fontStyle</key>
<string></string>
<key>foreground</key>
<string>#000000</string>
<key>background</key>
<string>#FFFFFF</string>
</dict>
</dict>
<!-- END whitespace / tab definitions -->

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How can I extend existing tmLanguage Colorizer/ Syntax highlighter?

I'm trying to extend https://github.com/dzannotti/vscode-babel/blob/master/syntaxes/Babel%20Language.json but all my attempts just result in a complete override, leaving the text blank. I'd rather not be a jerk and just copy the code into my highlighter.
I want to extend the colorizer and just add my patterns ontop of it.
Here's my current attempt:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>fileTypes</key>
<array>
<string>js</string>
</array>
<key>name</key>
<string>Handlebars (Ember.js)</string>
<key>patterns</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>actions</key>
<string>actions</string>
<key>match</key>
<string>actions</string>
<key>name</key>
<string>keyword</string>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>include</key>
<string>text.javascript.basic</string>
</dict>
</array>
<key>scopeName</key>
<string>source.js.jsx</string>
I was trying to do what's in this thread but it doesn't work
You should probably at least look at the Babel JavaScript syntax definition to see what its base scope is. In this case it's source.js.jsx, not text.javascript.basic. Programming languages generally use the source scope, while text and markup languages (Markdown, HTML, XML, etc.) use text. If you're going to be developing syntax definitions, I highly recommend using the ScopeAlways and/or ScopeHunter plugins for determining the scopes active at the current cursor location.

Sublime Theme Color (quote within quote)

For Sublime themes, how can I, or can I customize my theme for colors of a single/double quote within a double/single quote, respectively?
So for example, this "quote might be blue where 'this is green'".
Currently using Sublime Text 2 with a slight variation from the Railscast theme.
This is the code snippet from the theme that I suspect I need to modify, somehow?
<dict>
<key>name</key>
<string>String</string>
<key>scope</key>
<string>string</string>
<key>settings</key>
<dict>
<key>fontStyle</key>
<string></string>
<key>foreground</key>
<string>#A6E22E</string>
</dict>
</dict>
Try the following:
<dict>
<key>name</key>
<string>Double-Quoted String</string>
<key>scope</key>
<string>string.quoted.double</string>
<key>settings</key>
<dict>
<key>fontStyle</key>
<string></string>
<key>foreground</key>
<string>#0000FF</string>
</dict>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>name</key>
<string>Single-Quoted String</string>
<key>scope</key>
<string>string.quoted.single</string>
<key>settings</key>
<dict>
<key>fontStyle</key>
<string></string>
<key>foreground</key>
<string>#00FF00</string>
</dict>
</dict>
This won't work for every language, as not all language definitions differentiate between single- and double-quoted strings, but for those that do (like HTML and PHP, for example) you should now have double-quoted strings in blue and single-quoted ones in green. Of course, feel free to play around with the colors' hex values.

Change apparance of whitespace dot to something bigger / darker

I am looking for a way to change the appearance of the whitespace grey dot to something bigger and darker (without changing the background color) -- similar to UltraEdit (see screenshot).
I've read all the popular threads on the issue, and I've tried all the popular modifications (e.g., plugins, and/or changing the language and theme files), but I haven't found a way to darken the grey dot or make it any bigger.
I've already experimented with everything mentioned in this related thread, including the links set forth therein: Sublime Text 2: how to change white space characters color?
(source: lawlist.com)
.tmTheme
<!-- BEGIN whitespace / tab definitions -->
<dict>
<key>scope</key>
<string>lawlist.tab</string>
<key>settings</key>
<dict>
<key>fontStyle</key>
<string></string>
<key>foreground</key>
<string>#FF0000</string>
<key>background</key>
<string>#FFFFFF</string>
</dict>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>scope</key>
<string>lawlist.space</string>
<key>settings</key>
<dict>
<key>fontStyle</key>
<string></string>
<key>foreground</key>
<string>#000000</string>
<key>background</key>
<string>#FFFFFF</string>
</dict>
</dict>
<!-- END whitespace / tab definitions -->
.tmLanguage
<!-- BEGIN whitespace / tab definitions -->
<dict>
<key>match</key>
<string>\t+</string>
<key>name</key>
<string>lawlist.tab</string>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>match</key>
<string> +</string>
<key>name</key>
<string>lawlist.space</string>
</dict>
<!-- END -->
Someone bumped a post on the ST forum about coloring white space and I thought of this post. You may see it too, but just in case, I'll post here. Basically they modified the tmLanguage file to give a new scope to leading whitespace. They then applied a color to that.
https://github.com/ckovey/sublime-whitespace-coloring
There is no solution to this issue.

Sublime Text 2 HTML syntax highlighting issue

I am having a problem with the syntax highlighting for HTML (and plaintext) in Sublime Text 2,
as it only grays out the lines as in the image.
Whenever I shift to Python, JavaScript, and other languages, the highlighting works fine.
I am new to Sublime Text 2, so it is probably an easy answer, but I did not know how to formulate the issue without showing an image.
I dont't think it is a problem, it's just how the theme "All Hallow's Eve" works:
You can change the this color inside this block: (Preferences->Browse Packages>Color Scheme - Default->All Hallow's Eve)
<dict>
<key>name</key>
<string>Text base</string>
<key>scope</key>
<string>text</string>
<key>settings</key>
<dict>
<key>background</key>
<string>#434242</string> #THIS IS GRAY COLOR YOU WANNA CHANGE.
<key>foreground</key>
<string>#FFFFFF</string>
</dict>
</dict>
I found the problem; it seems like the color scheme "All Hallow's Eve" is not
working very well on HTML, so I simply changed the color scheme.

CSS3 elements color in sublime

I have been using sublime for about half and year and now i want to make some modifies to it. I installed few packages and rest of stuff but i have a kind of problem.
Using theme Monokai ( and also in other tested themes ), i can't give the right color to attributes like "-webkit-box-shadow" and other css3 elements. I mean, i would like to have the right color also for vendor prefixes and new css3 elements.
Add this <dict> entry to your .tmTheme file to have the right colors for all (also unknown) css property names:
<dict>
<key>name</key>
<string>CSS property name</string>
<key>scope</key>
<string>meta.property-name.css</string>
<key>settings</key>
<dict>
<key>fontStyle</key>
<string>italic</string>
<key>foreground</key>
<string>#66D9EF</string>
</dict>
</dict>
I found a plugin that solves my problem https://github.com/i-akhmadullin/Sublime-CSS . Closed !