diff --git a/src/ui/widgets/ActionButton/__snapshots__/actionButton.test.tsx.snap b/src/ui/widgets/ActionButton/__snapshots__/actionButton.test.tsx.snap
index c43a1755..d5362d2d 100644
--- a/src/ui/widgets/ActionButton/__snapshots__/actionButton.test.tsx.snap
+++ b/src/ui/widgets/ActionButton/__snapshots__/actionButton.test.tsx.snap
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 exports[`<ActionButton /> > it matches the snapshot 1`] = `
 <button
-  className="MuiButtonBase-root MuiButton-root MuiButton-contained MuiButton-containedPrimary MuiButton-sizeMedium MuiButton-containedSizeMedium MuiButton-colorPrimary MuiButton-fullWidth MuiButton-root MuiButton-contained MuiButton-containedPrimary MuiButton-sizeMedium MuiButton-containedSizeMedium MuiButton-colorPrimary MuiButton-fullWidth css-5uchfp-MuiButtonBase-root-MuiButton-root"
+  className="MuiButtonBase-root MuiButton-root MuiButton-contained MuiButton-containedPrimary MuiButton-sizeMedium MuiButton-containedSizeMedium MuiButton-colorPrimary MuiButton-fullWidth MuiButton-root MuiButton-contained MuiButton-containedPrimary MuiButton-sizeMedium MuiButton-containedSizeMedium MuiButton-colorPrimary MuiButton-fullWidth css-1po0gow-MuiButtonBase-root-MuiButton-root"
   disabled={false}
   onBlur={[Function]}
   onClick={[MockFunction spy]}
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ exports[`<ActionButton /> > it matches the snapshot 1`] = `
       {
         "display": "block",
         "lineHeight": 1,
-        "transform": "rotate(0deg)",
       }
     }
   >
diff --git a/src/ui/widgets/ActionButton/actionButton.tsx b/src/ui/widgets/ActionButton/actionButton.tsx
index 4335b5cf..175463ae 100644
--- a/src/ui/widgets/ActionButton/actionButton.tsx
+++ b/src/ui/widgets/ActionButton/actionButton.tsx
@@ -15,35 +15,38 @@ import {
   FuncPropOpt,
   FloatPropOpt
 } from "../propTypes";
-import { Color } from "../../../types/color";
-import { Font } from "../../../types/font";
-import { Border } from "../../../types/border";
 import { MacroContext } from "../../../types/macros";
 import { ExitFileContext, FileContext } from "../../../misc/fileContext";
 import { styled, Button as MuiButton, useTheme } from "@mui/material";
+import { WIDGET_DEFAULT_SIZES } from "../EmbeddedDisplay/bobParser";
+import { calculateRotationTransform } from "../utils";
 
 export interface ActionButtonProps {
-  text: string;
-  enabled?: boolean;
   onClick: (event: React.MouseEvent<HTMLButtonElement>) => void;
-  image?: string;
-  backgroundColor?: Color;
-  foregroundColor?: Color;
-  border?: Border;
-  font?: Font;
-  actions?: WidgetActions;
-  visible?: boolean;
-  rotationStep?: number;
-  transparent?: boolean;
 }
 
+const ActionButtonPropType = {
+  text: StringPropOpt,
+  actions: ActionsPropType,
+  image: StringPropOpt,
+  backgroundColor: ColorPropOpt,
+  foregroundColor: ColorPropOpt,
+  font: FontPropOpt,
+  border: BorderPropOpt,
+  visible: BoolPropOpt,
+  enabled: BoolPropOpt,
+  onClick: FuncPropOpt,
+  transparent: BoolPropOpt,
+  rotationStep: FloatPropOpt,
+  height: FloatPropOpt,
+  width: FloatPropOpt
+};
+
 const Button = styled(MuiButton)({
   "&.MuiButton-root": {
     display: "block",
     alignItems: "center",
     justifyContent: "center",
-    height: "100%",
-    width: "100%",
     minWidth: 0,
     minHeight: 0,
     padding: 0,
@@ -59,14 +62,16 @@ const Button = styled(MuiButton)({
 });
 
 export const ActionButtonComponent = (
-  props: ActionButtonProps
+  props: InferWidgetProps<typeof ActionButtonPropType> & ActionButtonProps
 ): JSX.Element => {
   const theme = useTheme();
   const {
     enabled = true,
     foregroundColor = theme.palette.primary.contrastText,
     rotationStep = 0,
-    transparent = false
+    transparent = false,
+    height = WIDGET_DEFAULT_SIZES["action_button"][1],
+    width = WIDGET_DEFAULT_SIZES["action_button"][0]
   } = props;
 
   const backgroundColor = transparent
@@ -75,16 +80,27 @@ export const ActionButtonComponent = (
   const font = props.font?.css() ?? theme.typography;
   const border = props.border?.css() ?? null;
 
+  const [inputWidth, inputHeight, transform] = calculateRotationTransform(
+    rotationStep,
+    width,
+    height
+  );
+
   return (
     <Button
       variant={transparent ? "text" : "contained"}
       disabled={!enabled}
       fullWidth={true}
       sx={{
+        "&.MuiButton-root": {
+          height: inputHeight,
+          width: inputWidth
+        },
         color: foregroundColor.toString(),
         backgroundColor: backgroundColor,
         border: border,
-        fontFamily: font
+        fontFamily: font,
+        transform: transform.toString()
       }}
       onClick={props.onClick}
     >
@@ -101,8 +117,7 @@ export const ActionButtonComponent = (
         <span
           style={{
             display: "block",
-            lineHeight: 1,
-            transform: `rotate(${rotationStep * -90}deg)`
+            lineHeight: 1
           }}
         >
           {props.text ?? ""}
@@ -112,21 +127,6 @@ export const ActionButtonComponent = (
   );
 };
 
-const ActionButtonPropType = {
-  text: StringPropOpt,
-  actions: ActionsPropType,
-  image: StringPropOpt,
-  backgroundColor: ColorPropOpt,
-  foregroundColor: ColorPropOpt,
-  font: FontPropOpt,
-  border: BorderPropOpt,
-  visible: BoolPropOpt,
-  enabled: BoolPropOpt,
-  onClick: FuncPropOpt,
-  transparent: BoolPropOpt,
-  rotationStep: FloatPropOpt
-};
-
 const ActionButtonWidgetProps = {
   ...ActionButtonPropType,
   ...PVWidgetPropType
@@ -163,6 +163,8 @@ export const ActionButtonWidget = (
       visible={props.visible}
       transparent={props.transparent}
       rotationStep={props.rotationStep}
+      height={props.height}
+      width={props.width}
     />
   );
 };
diff --git a/src/ui/widgets/Label/label.tsx b/src/ui/widgets/Label/label.tsx
index 2d74d7f0..65514942 100644
--- a/src/ui/widgets/Label/label.tsx
+++ b/src/ui/widgets/Label/label.tsx
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import {
 } from "../propTypes";
 import { Typography as MuiTypography, styled, useTheme } from "@mui/material";
 import { WIDGET_DEFAULT_SIZES } from "../EmbeddedDisplay/bobParser";
+import { calculateRotationTransform } from "../utils";
 
 const LabelProps = {
   macros: MacrosPropOpt,
@@ -72,23 +73,11 @@ export const LabelComponent = (
   const borderColor = props.border?.css().borderColor ?? "#000000";
   const borderStyle = props.border?.css().borderStyle ?? "solid";
 
-  const inputWidth = rotationStep === 0 || rotationStep === 2 ? width : height;
-  const inputHeight = rotationStep === 0 || rotationStep === 2 ? height : width;
-
-  const offset = width / 2 - height / 2;
-  const transform = (function () {
-    switch (rotationStep) {
-      case 0: // 0 degrees
-      case 2: // 180 degrees
-        return `rotate(${rotationStep * -90}deg)`;
-      case 1: // 90 degrees
-        return `rotate(${rotationStep * -90}deg) translateY(${offset}px) translateX(${offset}px)`;
-      case 3: // -90 degrees
-        return `rotate(${rotationStep * -90}deg) translateY(${-offset}px) translateX(${-offset}px)`;
-      default: // Unreachable
-        return "";
-    }
-  })();
+  const [inputWidth, inputHeight, transform] = calculateRotationTransform(
+    rotationStep,
+    width,
+    height
+  );
 
   // Since display is "flex", use "flex-start" and "flex-end" to align
   // the content.
diff --git a/src/ui/widgets/Readback/readback.tsx b/src/ui/widgets/Readback/readback.tsx
index 1136f82b..929a0f96 100644
--- a/src/ui/widgets/Readback/readback.tsx
+++ b/src/ui/widgets/Readback/readback.tsx
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import { registerWidget } from "../register";
 import { AlarmQuality, DType } from "../../../types/dtypes";
 import { TextField as MuiTextField, styled, useTheme } from "@mui/material";
 import { WIDGET_DEFAULT_SIZES } from "../EmbeddedDisplay/bobParser";
+import { calculateRotationTransform } from "../utils";
 
 const ReadbackProps = {
   precision: IntPropOpt,
@@ -188,14 +189,11 @@ export const ReadbackComponent = (
       ) * 16
     : theme.typography.fontSize;
 
-  const inputWidth = rotationStep === 0 || rotationStep === 2 ? width : height;
-  const inputHeight = rotationStep === 0 || rotationStep === 2 ? height : width;
-
-  const offset = width / 2 - height / 2;
-  const transform =
-    rotationStep === 1 || rotationStep === 3
-      ? `rotate(${rotationStep * -90}deg) translateY(${offset}px) translateX(${offset}px)`
-      : `rotate(${rotationStep * -90}deg)`;
+  const [inputWidth, inputHeight, transform] = calculateRotationTransform(
+    rotationStep,
+    width,
+    height
+  );
 
   // Calculate max number of rows based on the height of the widget and the height of the font
   // an extra row is then subtracted to make it fit nicer
diff --git a/src/ui/widgets/utils.ts b/src/ui/widgets/utils.ts
index 3f4f896d..582cde3c 100644
--- a/src/ui/widgets/utils.ts
+++ b/src/ui/widgets/utils.ts
@@ -75,3 +75,37 @@ export function trimFromString(value: string): number {
 export function getOptionalValue(optionalParam: any, defValue: any): any {
   return typeof optionalParam === "undefined" ? defValue : optionalParam;
 }
+
+/**
+ * Returns the corrected width and height for a rotated widget along
+ * with its calculated transform string.
+ * @param rotationStep 0 | 1 | 2 | 3
+ * @param inputWidth current width of the widget
+ * @param inputHeight current height of the widget
+ * @returns an array containing the new width, height, and transform string
+ */
+export function calculateRotationTransform(
+  rotationStep: number,
+  inputWidth: number,
+  inputHeight: number
+): [outputWidth: number, outputHeight: number, transform: string] {
+  const outputWidth =
+    rotationStep === 0 || rotationStep === 2 ? inputWidth : inputHeight;
+  const outputHeight =
+    rotationStep === 0 || rotationStep === 2 ? inputHeight : inputWidth;
+  const offset = inputWidth / 2 - inputHeight / 2;
+  const transform = (function () {
+    switch (rotationStep) {
+      case 0: // 0 degrees
+      case 2: // 180 degrees
+        return `rotate(${rotationStep * -90}deg)`;
+      case 1: // 90 degrees
+        return `rotate(${rotationStep * -90}deg) translateY(${offset}px) translateX(${offset}px)`;
+      case 3: // -90 degrees
+        return `rotate(${rotationStep * -90}deg) translateY(${-offset}px) translateX(${-offset}px)`;
+      default: // Unreachable
+        return "";
+    }
+  })();
+  return [outputWidth, outputHeight, transform];
+}