General talk about software patterns

["Markus Voelter" <voelter AT acm.org>]

Hi all,

does anyone know of a collection of patterns
regarding GUI design? These could include things
such as
  - use commands to attach behaviour to GUI elements
  - use a higher-level framework on top of Swing, etc. as  
    a basis for your development
  - don't change GUI layout while the app is running,
    merely enable/disable elements.
  - disable stuff instead of show errors if something
    is not allowed.

I know that some of these things can be found in 
GUI design guidelines. But have these things been
defined consistently in a pattern {collection|system|
language}

Thanks,
Markus