diff --git a/src/AcDream.App/UI/Layout/OptionsPanelController.cs b/src/AcDream.App/UI/Layout/OptionsPanelController.cs
index 7b4b22bd..36cc5981 100644
--- a/src/AcDream.App/UI/Layout/OptionsPanelController.cs
+++ b/src/AcDream.App/UI/Layout/OptionsPanelController.cs
@@ -273,7 +273,18 @@ public sealed class OptionsPanelController : IRetainedPanelController
     {
         if (onClick is null) return;
         if (layout.FindElement(elementId) is UiButton button)
-            button.OnClick = onClick;
+        {
+            button.OnClick = () =>
+            {
+                // #372 gate evidence: the user's first connected gate reported
+                // most Gameplay buttons "did nothing"; two of the seven are
+                // contract-inert and the other four have dialog/chat effects
+                // that can go unnoticed. One event-scale line per click makes
+                // the next gate's log a definitive fired/not-fired record.
+                Console.WriteLine($"[options] gameplay button 0x{elementId:X8} clicked — handler invoked");
+                onClick();
+            };
+        }
         else
             Console.WriteLine(
                 $"[D.2b] OptionsPanelController: Gameplay-tab button 0x{elementId:X8} "