# TASK 69 — Chat sample-preview toggle **Status:** ☐ Queued (creator request 2026-11-11); scheduled after TASK 68 and before the gold pass. ## Request Expose the autogenerated sample chatter as a per-ChatBox layer-control toggle, so the creator decides whether it appears while adjusting chat font/color and previewing the layout. Keep the existing behavior as the default: `Source.ChatPreviewEnabled` already defaults to `true`. ## Established behavior - `ChatOverlayLayer.StartMockPreview` autogenerates sample messages for the ChatBox preview. - A real message stops the sample loop; after the real-message fade clears the buffer, the sample loop starts again—even during a live session. - Samples are preview-only: they are not inserted into the real `Messages` buffer, and the output renderer reads that real buffer. Viewers do not receive sample chatter. - `ChatPreviewEnabled` is currently read by the mock-preview starter but is not persisted. ## Acceptance - The selected ChatBox layer control exposes **Show sample chat in preview**, on by default. - The choice persists across restart and applies to that ChatBox layer. - Off stops/removes generated samples. It does not hide real chat messages or change the live output. - When on, samples return in the preview when there are no real messages to show. - One Good Dog integration test covers the toggle and persistence; pin that sample chatter never enters the output message buffer.