diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 83f5dc5..cb6bb84 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -46,20 +46,23 @@ public class MyJavaFXApp extends Application {
 }
 ```
 
-From here, it's just a matter of attaching the router's view pane to one of
+From here, it's just a matter of attaching the router's view to one of
 your scene's nodes, and mapping string route names to other nodes or FXML
 files.
 
 For example, suppose my app has a main scene with a `MainController` class.
-We'd hook up the router's view pane to that scene's center view:
+We'd hook up the router's view to that scene's center view, assuming you're
+using an AnchorPaneRouterView for your router (the default choice).
+
 ```java
 public class MainController {
     @FXML
     public BorderPane borderPane;
-    
+
     @FXML
     public void initialize() {
-        borderPane.setCenter(MyJavaFXApp.router.getViewPane());
+        AnchorPaneRouterView view = (AnchorPaneRouterView) MyJavaFXApp.router.getView();
+        borderPane.setCenter(view.getAnchorPane());
     }
 }
 ```
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c2b16d9..544001f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
     <groupId>com.andrewlalis</groupId>
     <artifactId>javafx-scene-router</artifactId>
-    <version>1.3.0</version>
+    <version>1.4.0</version>
     <name>JavaFX Scene Router</name>
     <description>A library that provides a router implementation for JavaFX, for browser-like navigation between pages.</description>
     <url>https://github.com/andrewlalis/javafx-scene-router</url>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/andrewlalis/javafx_scene_router/AnchorPaneRouterView.java b/src/main/java/com/andrewlalis/javafx_scene_router/AnchorPaneRouterView.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cbff6d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/andrewlalis/javafx_scene_router/AnchorPaneRouterView.java
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+package com.andrewlalis.javafx_scene_router;
+
+import javafx.scene.Parent;
+import javafx.scene.layout.AnchorPane;
+
+/**
+ * A router view implementation using the JavaFX {@link AnchorPane}, so that
+ * route contents can (optionally) be grown to fill all available space.
+ */
+public class AnchorPaneRouterView implements RouterView {
+    private final AnchorPane anchorPane = new AnchorPane();
+    private final boolean expandContents;
+
+    /**
+     * Constructs this router view with an explicit setting for whether to
+     * expand contents of the view.
+     * @param expandContents Whether to expand the contents of this view to
+     *                       fill all available space.
+     */
+    public AnchorPaneRouterView(boolean expandContents) {
+        this.expandContents = expandContents;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Constructs this router view with the default behavior of allowing route
+     * contents to fill all available space.
+     */
+    public AnchorPaneRouterView() {
+        this(true);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Shows the node in this view's anchor pane. If this view has been set to
+     * expand contents, then the given node will be anchored to all 4 sides of
+     * the anchor pane.
+     * @param node The node to show.
+     */
+    @Override
+    public void showRouteNode(Parent node) {
+        if (expandContents) {
+            AnchorPane.setTopAnchor(node, 0.0);
+            AnchorPane.setRightAnchor(node, 0.0);
+            AnchorPane.setBottomAnchor(node, 0.0);
+            AnchorPane.setLeftAnchor(node, 0.0);
+        }
+        anchorPane.getChildren().setAll(node);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the underlying pane used for rendering.
+     * @return The anchor pane this view uses.
+     */
+    public AnchorPane getAnchorPane() {
+        return anchorPane;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/andrewlalis/javafx_scene_router/RouteChangeListener.java b/src/main/java/com/andrewlalis/javafx_scene_router/RouteChangeListener.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f962b74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/andrewlalis/javafx_scene_router/RouteChangeListener.java
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package com.andrewlalis.javafx_scene_router;
+
+/**
+ * A listener that's invoked when a router's route is updated.
+ */
+public interface RouteChangeListener {
+    /**
+     * Called when a router's route changes.
+     * @param route The route that was navigated to.
+     * @param context The context at the new route.
+     * @param oldRoute The previous route.
+     * @param oldContext The context at the previous route.
+     */
+    void routeChanged(String route, Object context, String oldRoute, Object oldContext);
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/andrewlalis/javafx_scene_router/RouterView.java b/src/main/java/com/andrewlalis/javafx_scene_router/RouterView.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..73014a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/andrewlalis/javafx_scene_router/RouterView.java
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package com.andrewlalis.javafx_scene_router;
+
+import javafx.scene.Parent;
+
+/**
+ * An interface through which a router can show a route's node in the application.
+ * <p>
+ *     Usually, this will be implemented by adding the node to some sort of
+ *     container, like a Pane or Stage.
+ * </p>
+ */
+public interface RouterView {
+    /**
+     * Shows the node as the current one, discarding any previous route content.
+     * @param node The node to show.
+     */
+    void showRouteNode(Parent node);
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/andrewlalis/javafx_scene_router/SceneRouter.java b/src/main/java/com/andrewlalis/javafx_scene_router/SceneRouter.java
index ed64432..9b91006 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/andrewlalis/javafx_scene_router/SceneRouter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/andrewlalis/javafx_scene_router/SceneRouter.java
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import javafx.collections.FXCollections;
 import javafx.collections.ObservableList;
 import javafx.fxml.FXMLLoader;
 import javafx.scene.Parent;
-import javafx.scene.layout.Pane;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.UncheckedIOException;
@@ -21,7 +20,7 @@ import java.util.function.Consumer;
  * <p>
  *     The router has a mapping of "routes" (think, Strings) to JavaFX Parent
  *     nodes. When a route is selected, the router will lookup the mapped node,
- *     and put that node into the pre-defined pane or consumer function.
+ *     and put that node into its configured {@link RouterView} implementation.
  * </p>
  * <p>
  *     The router maintains a {@link RouteHistory} so that it's possible to
@@ -34,11 +33,7 @@ import java.util.function.Consumer;
  * </p>
  */
 public class SceneRouter {
-    public interface RouteChangeListener {
-        void routeChanged(String route, Object context, String oldRoute, Object oldContext);
-    }
-
-    private final Pane viewPane = new Pane();
+    private final RouterView view;
     private final Map<String, Parent> routeMap = new HashMap<>();
     private final RouteHistory history = new RouteHistory();
     private final ObservableList<BreadCrumb> breadCrumbs = FXCollections.observableArrayList();
@@ -48,9 +43,19 @@ public class SceneRouter {
     private final Map<String, List<RouteSelectionListener>> routeSelectionListeners = new HashMap<>();
 
     /**
-     * Constructs the router.
+     * Constructs the router with a given router view.
+     * @param view The view that will display the router's current route contents.
      */
-    public SceneRouter() {}
+    public SceneRouter(RouterView view) {
+        this.view = view;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Constructs the router with a default {@link AnchorPaneRouterView}.
+     */
+    public SceneRouter() {
+        this(new AnchorPaneRouterView(true));
+    }
 
     /**
      * Maps the given route to a node, so that when the route is selected, the
@@ -153,12 +158,11 @@ public class SceneRouter {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Gets the view pane that this router renders to. Take this and put it
-     * somewhere in your view's hierarchy to show the router's content.
-     * @return The router's view pane.
+     * Gets the view used by this router.
+     * @return The router's view.
      */
-    public Pane getViewPane() {
-        return viewPane;
+    public RouterView getView() {
+        return view;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -211,7 +215,7 @@ public class SceneRouter {
      * @param oldContext The context of the previous route.
      */
     private void setCurrentNode(String route, String oldRoute, Object oldContext) {
-        viewPane.getChildren().setAll(getMappedNode(route));
+        view.showRouteNode(getMappedNode(route));
         breadCrumbs.setAll(history.getBreadCrumbs());
         currentRouteProperty.set(route);
         for (var listener : routeChangeListeners) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/andrewlalis/javafx_scene_router/SimplePaneRouterView.java b/src/main/java/com/andrewlalis/javafx_scene_router/SimplePaneRouterView.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..124c8f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/andrewlalis/javafx_scene_router/SimplePaneRouterView.java
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package com.andrewlalis.javafx_scene_router;
+
+import javafx.scene.Parent;
+import javafx.scene.layout.Pane;
+
+/**
+ * A simple router view implementation that uses a JavaFX Pane, which shows
+ * the route contents in their preferred minimal size.
+ */
+public class SimplePaneRouterView implements RouterView {
+    private final Pane pane = new Pane();
+
+    /**
+     * Shows the node in the pane.
+     * @param node The node to show.
+     */
+    @Override
+    public void showRouteNode(Parent node) {
+        pane.getChildren().setAll(node);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the pane that's used internally to show the contents.
+     * @return The pane.
+     */
+    public Pane getPane() {
+        return pane;
+    }
+}