<bgColor> within <ListStyle> does not work

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Which products are affected?
Google Earth ...this is a KML operation that hasn't worked in GE since at least 
v.5.0 if not earlier.

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Open: 
http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showthreaded&Number=643492&site_id
=1#import

2. Look at the screenshots and note how the sidebar has background colors
3. Download the KML file, and these bg colors will no longer show up in GE.

What is the expected output or behavior? What do you see instead?
(see above)

What application versions (if any) are you using?
GE 5.0 onwards

Which operating systems (and/or relevant web browsers) are affected?
Mac, PC and Linux

Please provide any additional information (code snippets/links) below.
The issue is that <bgColor> within <ListStyle> is ignored:

    <Style>
        <ListStyle>
            <listItemType>checkHideChildren</listItemType>
            <bgColor>ff0031ff</bgColor>
            <maxSnippetLines>2</maxSnippetLines>
        </ListStyle>
    </Style>

(code snippet from file mentioned above)

This issue was filed as earth-issue 267, but closed a couple of months ago. No 
reason given.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by geobrow...@gmail.com on 27 Aug 2010 at 8:39

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I agree that this has been broken since 5.0.  We used it extensively to help 
users pick out the item in the a large list of feeds.

Original comment by philipdi...@gmail.com on 1 Oct 2010 at 5:00

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agreed Mr. Dickie. This feature is critical for our purposes as well. With 
multitudes of data displayed broken up by color, not letting users glance at a 
folder and see a correlation really hinders our effectiveness.

Original comment by rws5...@gmail.com on 1 Oct 2010 at 5:03

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I use this feature a lot in my work and can confirm that it hasn't worked right 
since 5.0 and is a sorely needed fix for our feature set.

Original comment by mishy...@gmail.com on 4 Oct 2010 at 3:56

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Original comment by jli...@google.com on 30 Nov 2010 at 11:10

• Changed state: Confirmed
• Added labels: Internal-3241723

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Hadn't checked recently, but just discovered this issue is now fixed in 6.2

Original comment by geobrow...@gmail.com on 20 Apr 2012 at 7:34