gnome-screensaver lacks "Settings..." button, or equivalent

[Conrad Knauer]

I use the Boxfit screensaver from xscreensaver-data-extra; in xcreensaver there is a "Settings..." button that allows me to tweak Boxfit's settings (e.g. all circles, etc). This is lacking in gnome-screensaver.

This appears to be a case where gnome took the controls from a program with perhaps more settings than were needed and stripped it down to the point where it lacks certain basic functionality.

If they don't want to include a button for settings, maybe allow them to be accessed via a right-click of the name of the screensaver?

If gnome-screensaver is going to be a dependency of ubuntu-desktop, it should have this functionality; if not, it should be replaced with xscreensaver, or a derivative with an intermediate amount of settings.

[Dennis Kaarsemaker (dennis)]

Thank you for your report. This bug however has been reported before, but feel free to report any other issues you find.