diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d45f238a..f573a554 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ visualizes the steps of a widget test as HTML report with automatic screenshots,
     - [Find offstage widgets](#find-offstage-widgets)
 - [act - tap, drag, type](#act-tap-drag-type-click)
   - [tap](#tap)
+  - [tapAt](#tapAt)
   - [enterText](#entertext)
   - [dragUntilVisible](#draguntilvisible)
   - [more act functions](#more-act-functions)
@@ -528,6 +529,18 @@ Tapping a widget looks almost identical to the `WidgetTester` API but with a few
 - pumps automatically after the tap
 - When multiple widgets are found, it prints a useful error message
 
+### tapAt
+
+```dart
+await act.tapAt(const Offset(100, 100));
+```
+
+Taps the screen (down + up) at `position` on the global coordinate system and pumps a frame.
+
+- Checks that `position` is within the window viewport
+- Lists all widgets reacting to the hitTest in the timeline
+- pumps automatically after the tap
+
 ### enterText
 
 ```dart
diff --git a/lib/src/act/act.dart b/lib/src/act/act.dart
index bbd64461..f17f7771 100644
--- a/lib/src/act/act.dart
+++ b/lib/src/act/act.dart
@@ -143,6 +143,61 @@ class Act {
     });
   }
 
+  /// Taps the screen (down + up) at [position] on the global coordinate system
+  /// and pumps a frame.
+  ///
+  /// - Checks that [position] is within the viewport.
+  /// - Lists all widgets at that position in the timeline
+  Future<void> tapAt(Offset position) async {
+    return TestAsyncUtils.guard<void>(() async {
+      return _alwaysPropagateDevicePointerEvents(() async {
+        final binding = TestWidgetsFlutterBinding.instance;
+        _validatePositionInViewBounds(position);
+        if (timeline.mode != TimelineMode.off) {
+          final screenshot = timeline.takeScreenshotSync(
+            annotators: [
+              CrosshairAnnotator(centerPosition: position),
+            ],
+          );
+          final HitTestResult result = HitTestResult();
+          // ignore: deprecated_member_use
+          binding.hitTest(result, position);
+          final hits = result.path.map((e) => e.element).toList();
+
+          final widgetInProject = hits.mapNotNull((e) {
+            if (e == null) return null;
+            final debugWidgetLocation = e.debugWidgetLocation;
+            if (debugWidgetLocation == null ||
+                debugWidgetLocation.isUserCode == false) {
+              return null;
+            }
+            return "${e.widget.toStringShort()} at ${debugWidgetLocation.file.path}";
+          }).joinToString(prefix: '\n- ');
+
+          final allWidgets = hits.mapNotNull((e) {
+            if (e == null) return null;
+            return "${e.widget.toStringShort()} at ${e.debugWidgetLocation?.file.path}";
+          }).joinToString(prefix: '\n- ');
+
+          timeline.addEvent(
+            eventType: 'TapAt Event',
+            details: 'TapAt $position.\n'
+                'Relevant widgets at position: $widgetInProject'
+                '\n\n'
+                'Widgets at position: $allWidgets',
+            screenshot: screenshot,
+            color: Colors.blue,
+          );
+        }
+        final downEvent = PointerDownEvent(position: position);
+        binding.handlePointerEvent(downEvent);
+        final upEvent = PointerUpEvent(position: position);
+        binding.handlePointerEvent(upEvent);
+        await binding.pump();
+      });
+    });
+  }
+
   /// Repeatedly drags at the position of `dragStart` by `moveStep` until `dragTarget` is visible.
   ///
   /// Between each drag, advances the clock by `duration`.
@@ -312,6 +367,18 @@ class Act {
     return element?.renderObject;
   }
 
+  void _validatePositionInViewBounds(Offset position) {
+    // ignore: deprecated_member_use
+    final view = WidgetsBinding.instance.renderView;
+    final Rect viewport = Offset.zero & view.size;
+    final isInViewport = viewport.contains(position);
+    if (!isInViewport) {
+      throw TestFailure(
+        "Tried to tapAt position ($position) which is outside the viewport (${view.size}).",
+      );
+    }
+  }
+
   // Validates that the widget is at least partially visible in the viewport.
   bool _validateViewBounds(
     RenderBox renderBox, {
diff --git a/test/act/act_test.dart b/test/act/act_test.dart
index cd99bb0b..fe88f17a 100644
--- a/test/act/act_test.dart
+++ b/test/act/act_test.dart
@@ -380,52 +380,179 @@ void actTests() {
         ]),
       );
     });
+  });
 
-    group('enter text', () {
-      testWidgets('enter text in text form field', (tester) async {
-        await tester.pumpWidget(
-          MaterialApp(home: Material(child: Form(child: TextFormField()))),
-        );
-        await act.enterText(spot<TextFormField>(), 'hello');
-        spotText('hello').existsOnce();
-      });
+  group('tapAt', () {
+    testWidgets('tapAt', (tester) async {
+      Offset? tapPosition;
+      await tester.pumpWidget(
+        MaterialApp(
+          home: GestureDetector(
+            onTapDown: (details) => tapPosition = details.globalPosition,
+            child: const ColoredBox(color: Colors.blue),
+          ),
+        ),
+      );
+      await act.tapAt(const Offset(100, 100));
+      expect(tapPosition, const Offset(100, 100));
+    });
 
-      testWidgets('enter text in text field', (tester) async {
-        await tester
-            .pumpWidget(const MaterialApp(home: Material(child: TextField())));
-        await act.enterText(spot<TextField>(), 'hello');
-        spotText('hello').existsOnce();
-      });
+    testWidgets('tapAt pumps a new frame', (tester) async {
+      await tester.pumpWidget(const ColorToggleApp());
 
-      testWidgets('spot a non existing widget throws an error', (tester) async {
-        await tester.pumpWidget(
-          const Directionality(
-            textDirection: TextDirection.ltr,
-            child: Text("any text"),
+      final app = spot<MaterialApp>();
+      app.existsOnce().hasWidgetProp(
+            prop: widgetProp('color', (w) => w.color),
+            match: (it) => it.equals(Colors.blue),
+          );
+      final button = spot<ElevatedButton>();
+
+      // Get the RenderBox of the button
+      final renderBox = button.snapshotRenderBox();
+
+      // Calculate the center of the button
+      final center = renderBox.localToGlobal(
+        Offset(renderBox.size.width / 2, renderBox.size.height / 2),
+      );
+      await act.tapAt(center);
+      app.existsOnce().hasWidgetProp(
+            prop: widgetProp('color', (w) => w.color),
+            match: (it) => it.equals(Colors.red),
+          );
+    });
+
+    testWidgets('tapAt must be awaited', (tester) async {
+      await tester.pumpWidget(
+        MaterialApp(
+          home: Center(
+            child: ElevatedButton(
+              onPressed: () {},
+              child: const Text('Home'),
+            ),
           ),
-        );
-        await expectLater(
-          () => act.enterText(spot<TextField>(), 'hello'),
-          throwsSpotErrorContaining([
-            "Could not find TextField in widget tree",
-          ]),
-        );
-      });
+        ),
+      );
+      final future = act.tapAt(Offset.zero);
 
-      testWidgets('spot a non editable text throws an error', (tester) async {
-        await tester.pumpWidget(
-          const Directionality(
-            textDirection: TextDirection.ltr,
-            child: Text("any text"),
+      try {
+        TestAsyncUtils.guardSync();
+        fail('Expected to throw');
+      } catch (e) {
+        check(e).isA<FlutterError>().has((it) => it.message, 'message')
+          ..contains(
+            'You must use "await" with all Future-returning test APIs.',
+          )
+          ..contains(
+            'The guarded method "tapAt" from class Act was called from',
+          )
+          ..contains('act_test.dart');
+      }
+      await future;
+    });
+    testWidgets('tapAt shows items in the timeline', (tester) async {
+      await tester.pumpWidget(
+        const MaterialApp(
+          home: Stack(
+            fit: StackFit.expand,
+            children: [
+              ColoredBox(color: Colors.blue, key: ValueKey(1)),
+              ColoredBox(color: Colors.red, key: ValueKey(2)),
+              ColoredBox(color: Colors.green, key: ValueKey(3)),
+            ],
           ),
-        );
-        await expectLater(
-          () => act.enterText(spot<Text>(), 'hello'),
-          throwsSpotErrorContaining([
-            "Widget 'Text' is not a descendant of EditableText.",
-          ]),
-        );
-      });
+        ),
+      );
+      // tap
+      await act.tapAt(const Offset(100, 100));
+      final event = timeline.events.last;
+      expect(event.eventType.label, 'TapAt Event');
+      expect(
+        event.details,
+        stringContainsInOrder([
+          'Relevant widgets at position: ',
+          'ColoredBox-[<3>]',
+          'Stack',
+          'Widgets at position:',
+          'ColoredBox-[<3>]',
+          'Stack',
+          '_Theater',
+        ]),
+      );
+      expect(event.details, isNot(contains('ColoredBox-[<1>]')));
+      expect(event.details, isNot(contains('ColoredBox-[<2>]')));
+    });
+
+    testWidgets('tapAt throws if position not in view (lower bounds)',
+        (tester) async {
+      await tester.pumpWidget(const MaterialApp());
+
+      await expectLater(
+        () => act.tapAt(const Offset(-100, -100)),
+        throwsSpotErrorContaining([
+          "Tried to tapAt position (Offset(-100.0, -100.0)) which is outside the viewport ",
+        ]),
+      );
+    });
+    testWidgets('tapAt throws if position not in view (upper bounds)',
+        (tester) async {
+      await tester.pumpWidget(const MaterialApp());
+
+      // ignore: deprecated_member_use
+      final viewSize = tester.binding.renderView.size;
+      final outOutside = viewSize.bottomRight(const Offset(100, 100));
+      await expectLater(
+        () => act.tapAt(outOutside),
+        throwsSpotErrorContaining([
+          "Tried to tapAt position ($outOutside) which is outside the viewport ",
+        ]),
+      );
+    });
+  });
+
+  group('enter text', () {
+    testWidgets('enter text in text form field', (tester) async {
+      await tester.pumpWidget(
+        MaterialApp(home: Material(child: Form(child: TextFormField()))),
+      );
+      await act.enterText(spot<TextFormField>(), 'hello');
+      spotText('hello').existsOnce();
+    });
+
+    testWidgets('enter text in text field', (tester) async {
+      await tester
+          .pumpWidget(const MaterialApp(home: Material(child: TextField())));
+      await act.enterText(spot<TextField>(), 'hello');
+      spotText('hello').existsOnce();
+    });
+
+    testWidgets('spot a non existing widget throws an error', (tester) async {
+      await tester.pumpWidget(
+        const Directionality(
+          textDirection: TextDirection.ltr,
+          child: Text("any text"),
+        ),
+      );
+      await expectLater(
+        () => act.enterText(spot<TextField>(), 'hello'),
+        throwsSpotErrorContaining([
+          "Could not find TextField in widget tree",
+        ]),
+      );
+    });
+
+    testWidgets('spot a non editable text throws an error', (tester) async {
+      await tester.pumpWidget(
+        const Directionality(
+          textDirection: TextDirection.ltr,
+          child: Text("any text"),
+        ),
+      );
+      await expectLater(
+        () => act.enterText(spot<Text>(), 'hello'),
+        throwsSpotErrorContaining([
+          "Widget 'Text' is not a descendant of EditableText.",
+        ]),
+      );
     });
   });
 }