RE: find face in use at point

[Drew Adams]

Command `describe-text-properties'.

Another quick way: C-mouse-2 brings up the facemenu menu. Menu item Describe
Properties does the same thing as `describe-text-properties': it describes
all text properties at the cursor position. (Note: not at the mouse-pointer
position.)

You might also be interested in library facemenu+.el, which enhances the
facemenu menu a bit (e.g. gives you text properties at mouse pointer). It is
available here: http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/facemenu%2b.el.

HTH.

    I used to know how to do this:
    Find the name of the face in use at point.

    Especially in gnus message headers, then with that information one
    could go to customize-apropos, plug in the name and go diretly to that
    customization buffer.

    Anyone know what command I'm thinking of?  My search strings in M-x
    apropos have not born fruit.