diff --git a/Applications/TextEditor/CMakeLists.txt b/Applications/TextEditor/CMakeLists.txt
index 88bfe83171..1feb0ae183 100644
--- a/Applications/TextEditor/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Applications/TextEditor/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 set(SOURCES
     main.cpp
     TextEditorWidget.cpp
+    MainWindowUI.h
+)
+
+add_custom_command(
+    OUTPUT MainWindowUI.h
+    DEPENDS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/MainWindow.json
+    COMMAND ${write_if_different} MainWindowUI.h ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/Meta/text-to-cpp-string.sh main_window_ui_json ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/MainWindow.json
 )
 
 serenity_bin(TextEditor)
diff --git a/Applications/TextEditor/MainWindow.json b/Applications/TextEditor/MainWindow.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7b9c9e9cb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Applications/TextEditor/MainWindow.json
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+{
+    "name": "main",
+    "fill_with_background_color": true,
+
+    "layout": {
+        "class": "GUI::VerticalBoxLayout",
+        "spacing": 2
+    },
+
+    "children": [
+        {
+            "class": "GUI::ToolBarContainer",
+            "children": [
+                {
+                    "class": "GUI::ToolBar",
+                    "name": "toolbar"
+                }
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "class": "GUI::HorizontalSplitter",
+            "children": [
+                {
+                    "class": "GUI::TextEditor",
+                    "name": "editor"
+                },
+                {
+                    "class": "Web::InProcessWebView",
+                    "name": "webview"
+                }
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "class": "GUI::Widget",
+            "name": "find_replace_widget",
+            "fill_with_background_color": true,
+            "horizontal_size_policy": "Fill",
+            "vertical_size_policy": "Fixed",
+            "preferred_height": 48,
+            "layout": {
+                "class": "GUI::VerticalBoxLayout",
+                "margins": [ 2, 2, 2, 4 ]
+            }
+        },
+        {
+            "class": "GUI::StatusBar",
+            "name": "statusbar"
+        }
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/Applications/TextEditor/TextEditorWidget.cpp b/Applications/TextEditor/TextEditorWidget.cpp
index 75396a36d5..688fa3eb9f 100644
--- a/Applications/TextEditor/TextEditorWidget.cpp
+++ b/Applications/TextEditor/TextEditorWidget.cpp
@@ -25,9 +25,12 @@
  */
 
 #include "TextEditorWidget.h"
+#include <AK/JsonObject.h>
+#include <AK/JsonValue.h>
 #include <AK/Optional.h>
 #include <AK/StringBuilder.h>
 #include <AK/URL.h>
+#include <Applications/TextEditor/MainWindowUI.h>
 #include <LibCore/File.h>
 #include <LibCore/MimeData.h>
 #include <LibDesktop/Launcher.h>
@@ -57,16 +60,11 @@
 
 TextEditorWidget::TextEditorWidget()
 {
-    set_fill_with_background_color(true);
-    set_layout<GUI::VerticalBoxLayout>();
-    layout()->set_spacing(2);
+    load_from_json(main_window_ui_json);
 
-    auto& toolbar_container = add<GUI::ToolBarContainer>();
-    auto& toolbar = toolbar_container.add<GUI::ToolBar>();
+    auto& toolbar = static_cast<GUI::ToolBar&>(*find_descendant_by_name("toolbar"));
 
-    auto& splitter = add<GUI::HorizontalSplitter>();
-
-    m_editor = splitter.add<GUI::TextEditor>();
+    m_editor = static_cast<GUI::TextEditor&>(*find_descendant_by_name("editor"));
     m_editor->set_ruler_visible(true);
     m_editor->set_automatic_indentation_enabled(true);
     m_editor->set_line_wrapping_enabled(true);
@@ -86,7 +84,7 @@ TextEditorWidget::TextEditorWidget()
             update_title();
     };
 
-    m_page_view = splitter.add<Web::InProcessWebView>();
+    m_page_view = static_cast<Web::InProcessWebView&>(*find_descendant_by_name("webview"));
     m_page_view->set_visible(false);
     m_page_view->on_link_hover = [this](auto& url) {
         if (url.is_valid())
@@ -104,12 +102,7 @@ TextEditorWidget::TextEditorWidget()
         }
     };
 
-    m_find_replace_widget = add<GUI::Widget>();
-    m_find_replace_widget->set_fill_with_background_color(true);
-    m_find_replace_widget->set_size_policy(GUI::SizePolicy::Fill, GUI::SizePolicy::Fixed);
-    m_find_replace_widget->set_preferred_size(0, 48);
-    m_find_replace_widget->set_layout<GUI::VerticalBoxLayout>();
-    m_find_replace_widget->layout()->set_margins({ 2, 2, 2, 4 });
+    m_find_replace_widget = *find_descendant_by_name("find_replace_widget");
     m_find_replace_widget->set_visible(false);
 
     m_find_widget = m_find_replace_widget->add<GUI::Widget>();
@@ -292,7 +285,7 @@ TextEditorWidget::TextEditorWidget()
     m_editor->add_custom_context_menu_action(*m_find_next_action);
     m_editor->add_custom_context_menu_action(*m_find_previous_action);
 
-    m_statusbar = add<GUI::StatusBar>();
+    m_statusbar = static_cast<GUI::StatusBar&>(*find_descendant_by_name("statusbar"));
 
     m_editor->on_cursor_change = [this] { update_statusbar_cursor_position(); };
 
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 427457019b..bcd2efffee 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@ add_link_options(--sysroot ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/Root)
 include_directories(Libraries/LibC)
 include_directories(Libraries/LibM)
 include_directories(Services)
+include_directories(${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
 include_directories(${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/Services)
 include_directories(${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/Libraries)