Independent Geometry for Node and Main Windows #241

1. 
   jarolrod commented at 5:56 pm on March 7, 2021: member

   While reviewing #194, I noticed that when resizing the Node Window while in -disablewallet=1 mode, the Main Window, when in disablewallet=0 mode, inherits the geometry of the recently resized Node Window.

   There is/can be a reason for a user to resize the Node Window and to do so while in -disablewallet=1 mode. For example, the following use-cases may require a certain wide geometry:

   • resize to fit more network information on the network graph
   • resize to fit all of the peer details on the screen
   • resize to better accommodate the, still a work in progress, mempool graph

   When the user then runs bitcoin-qt -disablewallet=0, they want to do something with the wallet. It can be a surprise/unexpected behavior that the main window starts as wide as his node window was resized to. As such, because the Node Window required a wide geometry, the Main Window should not by default adopt this wide geometry when switching between -disablewallet=0 and -disablewallet=1

   Steps to Reproduce

   1. Run bitcoin-qt -disablewallet=0, go to Menu -> Window -> Information, note the size of the Node window then quit
   2. Run bitcoin-qt -disablewallet=1, resize the Node Window then quit
   3. Run bitcoin-qt -disablewallet=0, The Main Window inherited the size of the resized Node Window

   System macOS 11.2, Qt 5.15.2

2. jarolrod added the label Bug on Mar 7, 2021

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