A visual form designer is disclosed. A target user interface is configured to display a particular form. A design user interface is used to design the target user interface. The design user interface includes at least a widget-selection section and a form-design section. The design user interface also includes various layout options for displaying a form template in the form-design section. An interface widget may be dragged from the widget-selection section to a particular location in the form template in the form-design section. The design user interface displays an instance of the interface widget at the particular location in the form template. A different layout may be selected. The design user interface displays the instance of the interface widget at a different location in the form template in the different layout. Hence, instances of interface widgets in the form template are rearranged based on a selected layout option.