diff --git a/packages/trace-viewer/src/ui/actionList.css b/packages/trace-viewer/src/ui/actionList.css
index 10e3c39f98522..0cb3cb5f5469f 100644
--- a/packages/trace-viewer/src/ui/actionList.css
+++ b/packages/trace-viewer/src/ui/actionList.css
@@ -70,13 +70,20 @@
   flex: none;
 }
 
-.action-selector {
+.action-parameter {
   display: inline;
   flex: none;
   padding-left: 5px;
+}
+
+.action-locator-parameter {
   color: var(--vscode-charts-orange);
 }
 
+.action-generic-parameter {
+  color: var(--vscode-charts-purple);
+}
+
 .action-url {
   display: inline;
   flex: none;
diff --git a/packages/trace-viewer/src/ui/actionList.tsx b/packages/trace-viewer/src/ui/actionList.tsx
index 1deb8ecd88c9a..87e78416b0fb0 100644
--- a/packages/trace-viewer/src/ui/actionList.tsx
+++ b/packages/trace-viewer/src/ui/actionList.tsx
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@ import { msToString } from '@web/uiUtils';
 import * as React from 'react';
 import './actionList.css';
 import * as modelUtil from './modelUtil';
-import { asLocator } from '@isomorphic/locatorGenerators';
-import type { Language } from '@isomorphic/locatorGenerators';
+import { asLocator, type Language } from '@isomorphic/locatorGenerators';
 import type { TreeState } from '@web/components/treeView';
 import { TreeView } from '@web/components/treeView';
 import type { ActionTraceEventInContext, ActionTreeItem } from './modelUtil';
@@ -116,9 +115,10 @@ export const renderAction = (
   }) => {
   const { sdkLanguage, revealConsole, revealAttachment, isLive, showDuration, showBadges } = options;
   const { errors, warnings } = modelUtil.stats(action);
-  const locator = action.params.selector ? asLocator(sdkLanguage || 'javascript', action.params.selector) : undefined;
   const showAttachments = !!action.attachments?.length && !!revealAttachment;
 
+  const parameterString = actionParameterDisplayString(action, sdkLanguage || 'javascript');
+
   let time: string = '';
   if (action.endTime)
     time = msToString(action.endTime - action.startTime);
@@ -129,7 +129,23 @@ export const renderAction = (
   return <>
     <div className='action-title' title={action.apiName}>
       <span>{action.apiName}</span>
-      {locator && <div className='action-selector' title={locator}>{locator}</div>}
+      {parameterString &&
+          (parameterString.type === 'locator' ? (
+            <>
+              <span className='action-parameter action-locator-parameter'>
+                {parameterString.value}
+              </span>
+              {parameterString.childDisplayString && (
+                <span className='action-parameter action-generic-parameter'>
+                  {parameterString.childDisplayString.value}
+                </span>
+              )}
+            </>
+          ) : (
+            <span className='action-parameter action-generic-parameter'>
+              {parameterString.value}
+            </span>
+          ))}
       {action.method === 'goto' && action.params.url && <div className='action-url' title={action.params.url}>{action.params.url}</div>}
       {action.class === 'APIRequestContext' && action.params.url && <div className='action-url' title={action.params.url}>{excludeOrigin(action.params.url)}</div>}
     </div>
@@ -151,3 +167,154 @@ function excludeOrigin(url: string): string {
     return url;
   }
 }
+
+type ActionParameterDisplayString =
+  | {
+      type: 'generic';
+      value: string;
+    }
+  | {
+      type: 'locator';
+      value: string;
+      childDisplayString?: ActionParameterDisplayString;
+    };
+
+const clockDisplayString = (
+  action: ActionTraceEvent,
+): ActionParameterDisplayString | undefined => {
+  switch (action.method) {
+    case 'clockPauseAt':
+    case 'clockSetFixedTime':
+    case 'clockSetSystemTime': {
+      if (
+        action.params.timeString === undefined &&
+        action.params.timeNumber === undefined
+      )
+        return undefined;
+      return {
+        type: 'generic',
+        value: new Date(
+            action.params.timeString ?? action.params.timeNumber,
+        ).toLocaleString(undefined, { timeZone: 'UTC' }),
+      };
+    }
+    case 'clockFastForward':
+    case 'clockRunFor': {
+      if (
+        action.params.ticksNumber === undefined &&
+        action.params.ticksString === undefined
+      )
+        return undefined;
+      return {
+        type: 'generic',
+        value: action.params.ticksString ?? `${action.params.ticksNumber}ms`,
+      };
+    }
+  }
+
+  return undefined;
+};
+
+const keyboardDisplayString = (
+  action: ActionTraceEvent,
+): ActionParameterDisplayString | undefined => {
+  switch (action.method) {
+    case 'press':
+    case 'keyboardPress':
+    case 'keyboardDown':
+    case 'keyboardUp': {
+      if (action.params.key === undefined)
+        return undefined;
+      return { type: 'generic', value: action.params.key };
+    }
+    case 'type':
+    case 'fill':
+    case 'keyboardType':
+    case 'keyboardInsertText': {
+      const string = action.params.text ?? action.params.value;
+      if (string === undefined)
+        return undefined;
+      return { type: 'generic', value: `"${string}"` };
+    }
+  }
+};
+
+const mouseDisplayString = (
+  action: ActionTraceEvent,
+): ActionParameterDisplayString | undefined => {
+  switch (action.method) {
+    case 'click':
+    case 'dblclick':
+    case 'mouseClick':
+    case 'mouseMove': {
+      if (action.params.x === undefined || action.params.y === undefined)
+        return undefined;
+      return {
+        type: 'generic',
+        value: `(${action.params.x}, ${action.params.y})`,
+      };
+    }
+    case 'mouseWheel': {
+      if (
+        action.params.deltaX === undefined ||
+        action.params.deltaY === undefined
+      )
+        return undefined;
+      return {
+        type: 'generic',
+        value: `(${action.params.deltaX}, ${action.params.deltaY})`,
+      };
+    }
+  }
+};
+
+const touchscreenDisplayString = (
+  action: ActionTraceEvent,
+): ActionParameterDisplayString | undefined => {
+  switch (action.method) {
+    case 'tap': {
+      if (action.params.x === undefined || action.params.y === undefined)
+        return undefined;
+      return {
+        type: 'generic',
+        value: `(${action.params.x}, ${action.params.y})`,
+      };
+    }
+  }
+};
+
+const actionParameterDisplayString = (
+  action: ActionTraceEvent,
+  sdkLanguage: Language,
+  ignoreLocator: boolean = false,
+): ActionParameterDisplayString | undefined => {
+  const params = action.params;
+
+  // Locators have many possible classes, so follow existing logic and use `selector` presence
+  if (!ignoreLocator && params.selector !== undefined) {
+    return {
+      type: 'locator',
+      value: asLocator(sdkLanguage, params.selector),
+      childDisplayString: actionParameterDisplayString(
+          action,
+          sdkLanguage,
+          true,
+      ),
+    };
+  }
+
+  switch (action.class.toLowerCase()) {
+    case 'browsercontext':
+      return clockDisplayString(action);
+    case 'page':
+    case 'frame':
+    case 'elementhandle':
+      return (
+        keyboardDisplayString(action) ??
+        mouseDisplayString(action) ??
+        touchscreenDisplayString(action)
+      );
+  }
+
+  return undefined;
+};
diff --git a/tests/library/trace-viewer.spec.ts b/tests/library/trace-viewer.spec.ts
index 71ecfe0764ad3..9bb67884f5db4 100644
--- a/tests/library/trace-viewer.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/library/trace-viewer.spec.ts
@@ -166,6 +166,61 @@ test('should open simple trace viewer', async ({ showTraceViewer }) => {
   ]);
 });
 
+test('should show action context on locators and other common actions', async ({
+  runAndTrace,
+  page,
+}) => {
+  const traceViewer = await runAndTrace(async () => {
+    await page.setContent('<input type="text" />');
+    await page.locator('input').click({ button: 'right' });
+    await page.getByRole('textbox').click();
+    await expect(page.locator('input')).toHaveText('');
+    await page.locator('input').press('Enter');
+    await page.keyboard.type(
+        'Hello world this is a very long string what happens when it overflows?',
+    );
+    await page.keyboard.press('Control+c');
+    await page.keyboard.down('Shift');
+    await page.keyboard.insertText('Hello world');
+    await page.keyboard.up('Shift');
+    await page.mouse.move(0, 0);
+    await page.mouse.down();
+    await page.mouse.move(100, 200);
+    await page.mouse.wheel(5, 7);
+    await page.mouse.up();
+    await page.clock.fastForward(1000);
+    await page.clock.fastForward('30:00');
+    await page.clock.pauseAt(new Date('2020-02-02T00:00:00Z'));
+    await page.clock.runFor(10);
+    await page.clock.setFixedTime(new Date('2020-02-02T00:00:00Z'));
+    await page.clock.setSystemTime(new Date('2020-02-02T00:00:00Z'));
+  });
+
+  await expect(traceViewer.actionTitles).toHaveText([
+    /page.setContent/,
+    /locator.clicklocator\('input'\)/,
+    /locator.clickgetByRole\('textbox'\)/,
+    /expect.toHaveTextlocator\('input'\)/,
+    /locator.presslocator\('input'\)Enter/,
+    /keyboard.type\"Hello world this is a very long string what happens when it overflows\?\"/,
+    /keyboard.pressControl\+c/,
+    /keyboard.downShift/,
+    /keyboard.insertText\"Hello world\"/,
+    /keyboard.upShift/,
+    /mouse.move\(0, 0\)/,
+    /mouse.down/,
+    /mouse.move\(100, 200\)/,
+    /mouse.wheel\(5, 7\)/,
+    /mouse.up/,
+    /clock.fastForward1000ms/,
+    /clock.fastForward30:00/,
+    /clock.pauseAt2\/2\/2020, 12:00:00 AM/,
+    /clock.runFor10ms/,
+    /clock.setFixedTime2\/2\/2020, 12:00:00 AM/,
+    /clock.setSystemTime2\/2\/2020, 12:00:00 AM/,
+  ]);
+});
+
 test('should complain about newer version of trace in old viewer', async ({ showTraceViewer, asset }, testInfo) => {
   const traceViewer = await showTraceViewer([asset('trace-from-the-future.zip')]);
   await expect(traceViewer.page.getByText('The trace was created by a newer version of Playwright and is not supported by this version of the viewer.')).toBeVisible();