Fix white native form fields on classic edit screens (v2.7.1)

Native form fields (title inputs, textareas, selects) on screens that
don't use the block editor — most visibly Edit Media's title field —
were showing stark white, breaking the dark theme. WP core styles some
fields via a 2-ID selector (#titlediv #title { background: #fff }),
which beats native-dark.css's existing form-field rule regardless of
class count, same specificity trap as an earlier block-editor
background bug. Added !important to the whole form-field rule block —
safe everywhere, no legitimate case for a native admin field to stay
white.

Verified this one rule fixes Edit Media, Edit Post (classic fields),
and Comment edit simultaneously; Add User was already clean. The
WYSIWYG editor body staying white is a separate, deliberate decision
(matches the block editor's own canvas) and wasn't touched.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <[email protected]>
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co-authored by Claude Sonnet 5
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@@ -5,6 +5,21 @@ version bump. Starts at 2.1.0 — earlier history (the theming rebuild,
window chrome/taskbar, Site Editor support, etc.) lives in `git log` and
`PROJECT_STATUS.md`, not reconstructed here.
## [2.7.1] - 2026-07-05
### Fixed
- Native form fields (text inputs, textareas, selects) on several
classic/non-block-editor screens — most visibly the title field on the
Edit Media screen, but the same fix applies wherever it occurred — were
showing stark white, breaking the dark theme. Root cause: some native
WP screens style specific fields via a 2-ID selector (e.g. core's
`#titlediv #title { background: #fff }`), which beats our existing
rule's single `#wpbody-content` id no matter how many classes are
stacked on it — the exact same CSS-specificity trap as an earlier
block-editor background bug. Added `!important` to the form-field rule
block, since there's no legitimate case where a native admin form field
should stay white.
## [2.7.0] - 2026-07-05
### Added