This is no longer a part of the World of Warcraft API. The backdrop API has been moved to BackdropTemplateMixin It was removed in patch 9.0.1.

The API is no longer being updated here until further notice.

Frames provide two methods to determine the tint applied to their backdrop files:

• GetBackdropColor() returns the tint applied to the background component of a frame's backdrop
• GetBackdropBorderColor() returns the tint applied to the border component of a frame's backdrop

red, green, blue, alpha = frame:SetBackdropColor()
red, green, blue, alpha = frame:SetBackdropBorderColor()

Returns

red

Number - Remaining proportion of the original red colour, from 0 to 1

green

Number - Remaining proportion of the original green colour, from 0 to 1

blue

Number - Remaining proportion of the original blue colour, from 0 to 1

alpha

Number - Remaining proportion of the original opaqueness, from 0 to 1

Notes

• These values describe any tint applied to the backdrop files, not the actual colour and alpha of each pixel in those file
• These values also ignore other sources of transparency that could affect the appearance, such as Region:SetAlpha()

Patch changes

• Patch 1.11.0 (2006-06-19): Added.^[1]
  

See also

• Frame:SetBackdropColor
• Frame:SetBackdropBorderColor

References