How to select a face closest to a point in space?

Question

I use cursor depth to snap the 3d cursor on my object. I want select the face corresponding the 3d cursor. There is a tricks with Blender python API ?

Exemple (Before/After) :

Answer 1

Try this (requires you to have one selected and active mesh object):

import bpy

cur = bpy.context.scene.cursor_location
o   = bpy.context.object

bpy.ops.object.mode_set( mode = 'OBJECT' )
faceIdx = o.closest_point_on_mesh( cur )[-1]

if faceIdx != -1:
    o.data.polygons[ faceIdx ].select = True

bpy.ops.object.mode_set( mode = 'EDIT' )

Answer 2

AFAIK you cannot select a face with the 3D cursor, but Shift+S > Cursor to selected will put it at the center of the face or face group... I think this is what you're asking. Also Shift+S has other settings for direct placement in relation to 3D cursor. they are named

• Cursor to grid
• Cursor to center (origin)

they do exactly what they sound like.