diff --git a/src/FancyButton.ts b/src/FancyButton.ts
index 04177aa..a5817d9 100644
--- a/src/FancyButton.ts
+++ b/src/FancyButton.ts
@@ -53,6 +53,14 @@ type ViewsInput = BasicViewsInput & {
     icon?: ButtonView;
 };
 
+type ContentFittingMode =
+    // Fits the text/icon content inside the button.
+    | 'default'
+    // Fill the button with the text/icon content, scaling it up to fill the view space with padding accounted for.
+    | 'fill'
+    // Only apply the default scaling and anchoring, without constraining to the button view's dimensions.
+    | 'none';
+
 export type ButtonOptions = ViewsInput & {
     padding?: number;
     scale?: number;
@@ -68,6 +76,9 @@ export type ButtonOptions = ViewsInput & {
     defaultIconAnchor?: Pos | number;
     animations?: StateAnimations;
     nineSliceSprite?: [number, number, number, number];
+    contentFittingMode?: ContentFittingMode;
+
+    /** @deprecated refer to contentFittingMode instead */
     ignoreRefitting?: boolean;
 };
 
@@ -413,12 +424,29 @@ export class FancyButton extends ButtonContainer
 
         if (activeView)
         {
-            if (!this.options?.ignoreRefitting)
+            if (!this.options.ignoreRefitting)
             {
                 this._views.textView.scale.set(this._defaultTextScale.x, this._defaultTextScale.y);
             }
 
-            fitToView(activeView, this._views.textView, this.padding, false);
+            if (this.contentFittingMode === 'default')
+            {
+                fitToView(activeView, this._views.textView, this.padding, false);
+            }
+
+            if (this.contentFittingMode === 'fill')
+            {
+                // reset to base dimensions for calculations
+                this._views.textView.scale.set(1);
+
+                const availableWidth = activeView.width - (this.padding * 2);
+                const availableHeight = activeView.height - (this.padding * 2);
+                const targetScaleX = availableWidth / this._views.textView.width;
+                const targetScaleY = availableHeight / this._views.textView.height;
+                const scale = Math.min(targetScaleX, targetScaleY);
+
+                this._views.textView.scale.set(scale * this._defaultTextScale.x, scale * this._defaultTextScale.y);
+            }
 
             this._views.textView.x = activeView.x + (activeView.width / 2);
             this._views.textView.y = activeView.y + (activeView.height / 2);
@@ -447,14 +475,31 @@ export class FancyButton extends ButtonContainer
             return;
         }
 
-        if (!this.options?.ignoreRefitting)
+        if (!this.options.ignoreRefitting)
         {
             this._views.iconView.scale.set(this._defaultIconScale.x, this._defaultIconScale.y);
         }
 
-        const { x: anchorX, y: anchorY } = this._defaultIconAnchor;
+        if (this.contentFittingMode === 'default')
+        {
+            fitToView(activeView, this._views.iconView, this.padding, false);
+        }
+
+        if (this.contentFittingMode === 'fill')
+        {
+            // reset to base dimensions for calculations
+            this._views.iconView.scale.set(1);
+
+            const availableWidth = activeView.width - (this.padding * 2);
+            const availableHeight = activeView.height - (this.padding * 2);
+            const targetScaleX = availableWidth / this._views.iconView.width;
+            const targetScaleY = availableHeight / this._views.iconView.height;
+            const scale = Math.min(targetScaleX, targetScaleY);
 
-        fitToView(activeView, this._views.iconView, this.padding, false);
+            this._views.iconView.scale.set(scale * this._defaultIconScale.x, scale * this._defaultIconScale.y);
+        }
+
+        const { x: anchorX, y: anchorY } = this._defaultIconAnchor;
 
         if ('anchor' in this._views.iconView)
         {
@@ -509,6 +554,21 @@ export class FancyButton extends ButtonContainer
         this.adjustTextView(this.state);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Sets the fitting mode for the button's content.
+     * @param {ContentFittingMode} mode - fitting mode type.
+     */
+    set contentFittingMode(mode: ContentFittingMode)
+    {
+        this.options.contentFittingMode = mode;
+    }
+
+    /** Returns the fitting mode for the button's content, defaulting to 'default'. */
+    get contentFittingMode(): ContentFittingMode
+    {
+        return this.options.contentFittingMode ?? 'default';
+    }
+
     /**
      * Sets the default view of the button.
      * @param { string | Container } view - string (path to the image) or a Container-based view
diff --git a/src/stories/fancyButton/FancyButtonNineSliceSprite.stories.ts b/src/stories/fancyButton/FancyButtonNineSliceSprite.stories.ts
index 7f16343..cb752e0 100644
--- a/src/stories/fancyButton/FancyButtonNineSliceSprite.stories.ts
+++ b/src/stories/fancyButton/FancyButtonNineSliceSprite.stories.ts
@@ -24,10 +24,11 @@ const args = {
   anchorY: 0.5,
   animationDuration: 100,
   disabled: false,
+  contentFittingMode: ["default", "fill", "none"],
   onPress: action("button was pressed! (tap or click!)"),
 };
 
-export const UseNineSliceSprite: StoryFn<typeof args> = (
+export const UseNineSliceSprite: StoryFn<typeof args & { contentFittingMode: "default" | "fill" | "none" }> = (
   {
     text,
     textColor,
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ export const UseNineSliceSprite: StoryFn<typeof args> = (
     defaultTextAnchorY,
     defaultIconAnchorX,
     defaultIconAnchorY,
+    contentFittingMode,
   },
   context,
 ) =>
@@ -98,6 +100,7 @@ export const UseNineSliceSprite: StoryFn<typeof args> = (
               duration: animationDuration,
             },
           },
+          contentFittingMode,
         });
 
         button.iconView = new MaskedFrame({