diff --git a/packages/visx-event/src/getXAndYFromEvent.ts b/packages/visx-event/src/getXAndYFromEvent.ts
index ef2c186ed..aa8443d92 100644
--- a/packages/visx-event/src/getXAndYFromEvent.ts
+++ b/packages/visx-event/src/getXAndYFromEvent.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { EventType } from './types';
-import { isTouchEvent } from './typeGuards';
+import { isMouseEvent, isTouchEvent } from './typeGuards';
 
 const DEFAULT_POINT = { x: 0, y: 0 };
 
@@ -15,8 +15,22 @@ export default function getXAndYFromEvent(event?: EventType) {
       : { ...DEFAULT_POINT };
   }
 
+  if (isMouseEvent(event)) {
+    return {
+      x: event.clientX,
+      y: event.clientY,
+    };
+  }
+
+  // for focus events try to extract the center position of the target element
+  const target = event?.target;
+  const boundingClientRect =
+    target && 'getBoundingClientRect' in target ? target.getBoundingClientRect() : null;
+
+  if (!boundingClientRect) return { ...DEFAULT_POINT };
+
   return {
-    x: event.clientX,
-    y: event.clientY,
+    x: boundingClientRect.x + boundingClientRect.width / 2,
+    y: boundingClientRect.y + boundingClientRect.height / 2,
   };
 }
diff --git a/packages/visx-event/src/typeGuards.ts b/packages/visx-event/src/typeGuards.ts
index f316e075e..83adece8d 100644
--- a/packages/visx-event/src/typeGuards.ts
+++ b/packages/visx-event/src/typeGuards.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ export function isTouchEvent(event?: EventType): event is TouchEvent | React.Tou
   return !!event && 'changedTouches' in event;
 }
 
+// functional definition of MouseEvent
+export function isMouseEvent(event?: EventType): event is MouseEvent | React.MouseEvent {
+  return !!event && 'clientX' in event;
+}
+
 // functional definition of event
 export function isEvent(event?: EventType | Element): event is EventType {
   return (
diff --git a/packages/visx-event/src/types.ts b/packages/visx-event/src/types.ts
index 8ec87341d..8c1a47f92 100644
--- a/packages/visx-event/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/visx-event/src/types.ts
@@ -1 +1,7 @@
-export type EventType = MouseEvent | TouchEvent | React.MouseEvent | React.TouchEvent;
+export type EventType =
+  | MouseEvent
+  | TouchEvent
+  | FocusEvent
+  | React.MouseEvent
+  | React.TouchEvent
+  | React.FocusEvent;
diff --git a/packages/visx-event/test/getXandYFromEvent.test.ts b/packages/visx-event/test/getXandYFromEvent.test.ts
index 9c04539e5..337a66b2a 100644
--- a/packages/visx-event/test/getXandYFromEvent.test.ts
+++ b/packages/visx-event/test/getXandYFromEvent.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import getXAndYFromEvent from '../src/getXAndYFromEvent';
 
 describe('getXAndYFromEvent()', () => {
-  test('it should return { x: 0, y: 0 } if no event argument', () => {
+  it('should return { x: 0, y: 0 } if no event argument', () => {
     const result = getXAndYFromEvent();
     // @ts-ignore
     const result2 = getXAndYFromEvent(null);
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@ describe('getXAndYFromEvent()', () => {
     expect(result2).toEqual({ x: 0, y: 0 });
   });
 
-  test('it should return { x, y } for mouse events', () => {
+  it('should return { x, y } for mouse events', () => {
     const e = { clientX: 0, clientY: 0 };
     const result = getXAndYFromEvent(e as MouseEvent);
     expect(result).toEqual({ x: e.clientX, y: e.clientY });
   });
 
-  test('it should return { x, y } for touch events with changedTouches', () => {
+  it('should return { x, y } for touch events with changedTouches', () => {
     const touch0 = { clientX: 0, clientY: 0 };
     const touch1 = { clientX: 1, clientY: 1 };
     const e = { changedTouches: [touch0, touch1] };
@@ -23,9 +23,15 @@ describe('getXAndYFromEvent()', () => {
     expect(result).toEqual({ x: touch0.clientX, y: touch0.clientY });
   });
 
-  test('it should return { x: 0, y: 0 } for touch events with no changedTouches', () => {
+  it('should return { x: 0, y: 0 } for touch events with no changedTouches', () => {
     const e = { changedTouches: [] };
     const result = getXAndYFromEvent((e as unknown) as TouchEvent);
     expect(result).toEqual({ x: 0, y: 0 });
   });
+
+  it('should return the middle of an element for focus events', () => {
+    const e = { target: { getBoundingClientRect: () => ({ x: 5, y: 5, width: 10, height: 2 }) } };
+    const result = getXAndYFromEvent((e as unknown) as FocusEvent);
+    expect(result).toEqual({ x: 10, y: 6 });
+  });
 });