diff --git a/bundled-addons/aegis/addon.json b/bundled-addons/aegis/addon.json
index edd46f96..b96c7eb5 100644
--- a/bundled-addons/aegis/addon.json
+++ b/bundled-addons/aegis/addon.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "id": "aegis",
   "name": "Aegis Wallet",
-  "version": "0.9.7",
+  "version": "0.9.8",
   "category": "plugin",
   "description": "Multi-chain wallet (BCH, BTC, TRX, ETH, SOL, SC, DGB) derived from your Theseus vault. Dapps get window.bitcoincash on .x sites; window.tronWeb / window.tronLink / window.ethereum / window.solana on any https page.",
   "author": "Silent Mode",
diff --git a/bundled-addons/aegis/panel.html b/bundled-addons/aegis/panel.html
index f4be4724..a0e7f1e5 100644
--- a/bundled-addons/aegis/panel.html
+++ b/bundled-addons/aegis/panel.html
@@ -220,6 +220,33 @@
   .actions { display: flex; gap: 6px; flex-wrap: wrap; margin-top: 10px; }
   .qrwrap { display: grid; place-items: center; padding: 12px; background: #fff; border-radius: 10px; margin-top: 12px; }
   .qrwrap[hidden] { display: none; }
+  /* The canvas scales to whatever height the user dragged the panel to,
+     and never wider than the sidebar. aspect-ratio keeps it square. */
+  .qrwrap canvas { width: auto; height: auto; max-width: 100%;
+                    aspect-ratio: 1 / 1; image-rendering: pixelated; }
+  /* Drag handle under the QR. A thin strip rather than a corner grip, so
+     it stays reachable at any sidebar width. */
+  .qrgrip { height: 14px; margin: 2px 0 -4px; display: grid; place-items: center;
+             cursor: ns-resize; touch-action: none; }
+  .qrgrip span { display: block; width: 34px; height: 3px; border-radius: 999px;
+                  background: var(--line); transition: background .12s; }
+  .qrgrip:hover span, .qrgrip.dragging span { background: var(--acid, #d6ff3d); }
+  /* Address + inline copy. The value clamps to two lines; anything longer
+     is cut rather than growing the card. */
+  .addrrow { display: grid; grid-template-columns: minmax(0,1fr) 30px; gap: 6px;
+              align-items: start; }
+  .addrval { display: -webkit-box; -webkit-line-clamp: 2; -webkit-box-orient: vertical;
+              overflow: hidden; word-break: break-all; line-height: 1.35; }
+  .addrcopy { background: transparent; border: 1px solid var(--line); color: var(--dim);
+               cursor: pointer; width: 30px; height: 30px; border-radius: 7px;
+               display: inline-flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center;
+               line-height: 0; transition: color .12s, border-color .12s, background .12s; }
+  .addrcopy:hover { color: var(--acid, #d6ff3d); border-color: rgb(from var(--acid, #d6ff3d) r g b / .5); }
+  .addrcopy.copied { color: var(--acid, #d6ff3d); border-color: rgb(from var(--acid, #d6ff3d) r g b / .6); }
+  .addrcopy svg { width: 15px; height: 15px; display: block; }
+  /* Hide the action row entirely when its only child is hidden, so it
+     doesn't leave a gap under the address. */
+  #addrActions:not(:has(> :not([hidden]))) { display: none; }
   canvas { image-rendering: pixelated; }
   input[type=text], input[type=number], input[type=password], textarea { width: 100%; padding: 7px 9px; border-radius: 7px; background: var(--panel);
     border: 1px solid var(--line); color: var(--ink); font: inherit; font-size: 13px; outline: none; }
@@ -415,31 +442,44 @@
      "a" and "anthem…" occupy the same slot, amount is fixed to 90px so
      "0" and "0.000123" right-align identically, actions are fixed to
      46px. Net result: columns look like a table, not a flex mess. */
+  /* 0.9.8: five columns for the five cells the row actually renders —
+     icon · label · copy · amount · menu. The template still described the
+     pre-0.9.2 layout (six columns, including an address cell that no
+     longer exists), so every cell sat one column left of where it
+     belonged: copy landed in the label's space, the amount in the old
+     label column, and the ⋯ in the amount column instead of the edge.
+     That is what made copy and amount collide.
+     The label is the flexible column so it takes the slack and truncates
+     rather than squeezing the number, and the menu is pinned right. */
   .wstrip .warow { display: grid;
-                    grid-template-columns: 16px minmax(0,1fr) 22px 68px 90px 46px;
-                    gap: 6px; align-items: center; padding: 4px 4px;
-                    border-radius: 6px; border: 1px solid transparent; cursor: pointer; min-height: 28px; }
+                    grid-template-columns: 16px minmax(0,1fr) 24px auto 26px;
+                    gap: 8px; align-items: center; padding: 5px 6px;
+                    border-radius: 6px; border: 1px solid transparent; cursor: pointer; min-height: 30px; }
   .wstrip .warow:hover { background: rgba(255,255,255,.04); }
   .wstrip .warow.on { background: rgb(from var(--acid, #d6ff3d) r g b / .10);
                        border-color: rgb(from var(--acid, #d6ff3d) r g b / .35); }
   .wstrip .warow .waaddr { font: 12px/1.15 ui-monospace, Consolas, monospace; color: var(--ink);
                             overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; min-width: 0; }
-  /* Copy chip anchored right after the address. Fixed 22px column so the
-     copy button sits at the same x on every row. */
+  /* Copy chip: its own 24px column between label and amount, so it can
+     never crowd the number. SVG rather than the 📋 emoji, which rendered
+     as a tofu box here and read as a glyph stuck to the balance. */
   .wstrip .warow .wacopy { background: transparent; border: 0; color: var(--dim); cursor: pointer;
-                            padding: 2px 4px; border-radius: 4px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1;
-                            transition: color .12s; justify-self: start; }
+                            padding: 0; border-radius: 5px; line-height: 0;
+                            width: 24px; height: 22px; display: inline-flex;
+                            align-items: center; justify-content: center;
+                            transition: color .12s, background .12s; justify-self: center; }
+  .wstrip .warow .wacopy svg { width: 13px; height: 13px; display: block; }
   .wstrip .warow .wacopy:hover { color: var(--acid, #d6ff3d); background: rgba(255,255,255,.06); }
   .wstrip .warow .wacopy.copied { color: var(--acid, #d6ff3d); }
-  /* Label pill: fixed 68px column. Even an empty label renders an
-     invisible placeholder so the amount column stays put. Long labels
-     truncate with ellipsis inside the pill (max-width: 100% of column). */
-  .wstrip .warow .walabel { font-size: 11px; color: var(--mut);
-                             padding: 1px 6px; border-radius: 999px;
-                             background: rgba(255,255,255,.06);
+  /* Label pill, left-aligned in the flexible column so a name reads as
+     the row's identity rather than floating mid-row. Truncates with an
+     ellipsis instead of pushing the number around. */
+  .wstrip .warow .walabel { font-size: 11.5px; color: var(--ink);
+                             padding: 2px 8px; border-radius: 999px;
+                             background: rgba(255,255,255,.07);
                              overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;
                              max-width: 100%; box-sizing: border-box;
-                             justify-self: center; }
+                             justify-self: start; }
   .wstrip .warow .walabel:empty { visibility: hidden; }
   /* Balance shares a single line with everything else — no vertical
      amount/fiat stack. Ticker follows the number in a dim tone so the
@@ -451,7 +491,8 @@
                            justify-self: end; overflow: hidden; }
   .wstrip .warow .waamt .watkr { color: var(--dim); font-size: 11px; font-weight: 500; }
   .wstrip .warow .wact { background: transparent; border: 0; color: var(--dim); cursor: pointer;
-                          padding: 2px 5px; border-radius: 4px; font-size: 12.5px; line-height: 1; }
+                          padding: 2px 4px; border-radius: 4px; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1;
+                          justify-self: end; }
   .wstrip .warow .wact:hover { color: var(--acid, #d6ff3d); background: rgba(255,255,255,.06); }
   /* Per-address asset list (0.8.8). The count chip expands the row into a
      nested list of what that ONE address holds beyond the native coin. */
@@ -627,13 +668,21 @@
            the fold. Explorer / Faucet moved to the header. -->
       <div class="card">
         <div class="lbl">Receiving address <span id="addrMeta"></span></div>
-        <div class="mono" id="addr">—</div>
-        <div class="actions">
-          <button class="btn sm" id="copyAddr">Copy</button>
-          <button class="btn sm" id="qrToggle" aria-expanded="false">QR</button>
+        <!-- 0.9.8: address and its copy button share one row, so the
+             button sits at the end of the value it copies instead of on a
+             separate action line. The address clamps to two lines and
+             truncates beyond that, rather than growing the card in a
+             narrow sidebar. -->
+        <div class="addrrow">
+          <div class="mono addrval" id="addr">—</div>
+          <button class="addrcopy" id="copyAddr" title="Copy this address"></button>
+        </div>
+        <div class="actions" id="addrActions">
           <button class="btn sm" id="nextAddr" hidden>Next unused address</button>
         </div>
-        <div class="qrwrap" id="qrWrap" hidden><canvas id="qr" width="200" height="200"></canvas></div>
+        <!-- Drag the bottom edge to resize the QR. Height persists. -->
+        <div class="qrwrap" id="qrWrap"><canvas id="qr" width="200" height="200"></canvas></div>
+        <div class="qrgrip" id="qrGrip" title="Drag to resize the QR code"><span></span></div>
       </div>
       <div class="card" id="tokensCard" hidden style="margin-top:12px">
         <div class="lbl">Assets <span class="hint" id="tokensCount"></span></div>
diff --git a/bundled-addons/aegis/panel.js b/bundled-addons/aegis/panel.js
index 1c54929b..82bc2fd8 100644
--- a/bundled-addons/aegis/panel.js
+++ b/bundled-addons/aegis/panel.js
@@ -2500,6 +2500,12 @@ function wireStripDragDrop(el, chainGroups) {
   });
 }
 
+// Copy glyph as inline SVG. The 📋 emoji has no glyph in this platform's
+// font stack, so it rendered as a tofu box that read like a stray
+// character stuck to the balance beside it.
+const COPY_ICON = `<svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><rect x="9" y="9" width="11" height="11" rx="2"/><path d="M5 15V5a2 2 0 0 1 2-2h8"/></svg>`;
+const CHECK_ICON = `<svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2.5" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M20 6 9 17l-5-5"/></svg>`;
+
 // Inline replacement for the modal address list. Rendered directly into
 // the wallet strip element when stripView.mode === "addresses". Header
 // row has a back arrow (returns to the coins summary) and the coin's
@@ -2557,7 +2563,7 @@ function renderInlineCoinList(el, groupKey, group) {
     return `<div class="warow ${on}" data-listpick="${esc(w.id)}" title="${esc(w.label || fullAddr)}">
       <span class="wcell">${logoSvg(meta.logo, 14)}</span>
       <span class="walabel walabel-wide" title="${esc(w.label || "")}">${esc(w.label || shortName || "—")}</span>
-      ${fullAddr ? `<button class="wacopy" data-lpcopy="${esc(fullAddr)}" title="Copy full address (${esc(fullAddr)})">📋</button>` : `<span></span>`}
+      ${fullAddr ? `<button class="wacopy" data-lpcopy="${esc(fullAddr)}" title="Copy full address (${esc(fullAddr)})">${COPY_ICON}</button>` : `<span></span>`}
       <span class="waamt"><span>${esc(bal)}</span><span class="watkr">${esc(meta.ticker)}</span></span>
       <span style="display:inline-flex;gap:2px;justify-self:end;align-items:center">${rowMenu}</span>
     </div>`;
@@ -2633,9 +2639,11 @@ function renderInlineCoinList(el, groupKey, group) {
         document.body.appendChild(ta); ta.select();
         try { document.execCommand("copy"); } finally { ta.remove(); }
       }
-      const prev = b.textContent;
-      b.classList.add("copied"); b.textContent = "✓";
-      setTimeout(() => { b.classList.remove("copied"); b.textContent = prev; }, 1000);
+      // innerHTML, not textContent — the button holds an inline SVG now,
+      // and assigning textContent would destroy it and leave a blank
+      // square once the confirmation timed out.
+      b.classList.add("copied"); b.innerHTML = CHECK_ICON;
+      setTimeout(() => { b.classList.remove("copied"); b.innerHTML = COPY_ICON; }, 1000);
     } catch {}
   }));
   el.querySelectorAll("[data-lpedit]").forEach((b) => b.addEventListener("click", (e) => {
@@ -3403,42 +3411,103 @@ function drawQr(text) {
   try { q = window.QR.build(text); } catch { g.clearRect(0, 0, cv.width, cv.height); return; }
   const scale = Math.max(2, Math.floor(200 / (q.size + 2)));
   const px = (q.size + 2) * scale;
+  // Backing store only. The DISPLAY size belongs to the user's dragged
+  // preference — setting cv.style here would reset the panel to its
+  // intrinsic size on every redraw (i.e. whenever the address changed).
   cv.width = cv.height = px;
-  cv.style.width = cv.style.height = px + "px";
   g.fillStyle = "#fff"; g.fillRect(0, 0, px, px);
   g.fillStyle = "#000";
   for (let r = 0; r < q.size; r++) for (let c = 0; c < q.size; c++) if (q.modules[r][c]) g.fillRect((c + 1) * scale, (r + 1) * scale, scale, scale);
+  applyQrSize();
 }
 
 // ---- receive actions -------------------------------------------------------
 
-// 0.9.2: the QR is collapsed by default — it was 200px of permanent
-// vertical space above the address, which pushed the asset list off
-// screen. The choice sticks per-user because someone who receives by
-// QR wants it every time, and someone who copies never wants it.
-(function wireQrToggle() {
-  const btn = $("qrToggle"); if (!btn) return;
-  let open = false;
-  try { open = localStorage.getItem("aegis/qrOpen") === "1"; } catch {}
-  const paint = () => {
-    const wrap = $("qrWrap"); if (!wrap) return;
-    wrap.hidden = !open;
-    btn.setAttribute("aria-expanded", open ? "true" : "false");
-    btn.classList.toggle("primary", open);
+// 0.9.8: the QR is always visible and the panel is drag-resizable, which
+// replaces the 0.9.2 show/hide toggle — a size the user sets once is a
+// better answer than a binary, and it means the QR button no longer
+// competes with Copy for the one row that gets used.
+let applyQrSize = () => {};
+(function wireQrResize() {
+  const grip = $("qrGrip"), wrap = $("qrWrap");
+  if (!grip || !wrap) return;
+  const MIN = 90, MAX = 420;
+  const clamp = (v) => Math.max(MIN, Math.min(MAX, Math.round(v)));
+  let size = 200;
+  try {
+    const saved = Number(localStorage.getItem("aegis/qrSize"));
+    if (Number.isFinite(saved) && saved > 0) size = clamp(saved);
+  } catch {}
+  const apply = () => {
+    // Cap against the actual panel width too — a size dragged wide on a
+    // roomy sidebar must not overflow when the sidebar is narrowed later.
+    const room = Math.max(MIN, (wrap.clientWidth || MAX) - 24);
+    const px = Math.min(size, room);
+    const cv = $("qr");
+    if (cv) { cv.style.width = px + "px"; cv.style.height = px + "px"; }
   };
-  btn.addEventListener("click", () => {
-    open = !open;
-    try { localStorage.setItem("aegis/qrOpen", open ? "1" : "0"); } catch {}
-    paint();
+  applyQrSize = apply;
+  apply();
+  window.addEventListener("resize", apply);
+  let startY = 0, startSize = 0, active = false;
+  const onMove = (e) => {
+    if (!active) return;
+    e.preventDefault();
+    size = clamp(startSize + (e.clientY - startY));
+    apply();
+  };
+  const onUp = () => {
+    if (!active) return;
+    active = false;
+    grip.classList.remove("dragging");
+    try { grip.releasePointerCapture?.(grip._pid); } catch {}
+    try { localStorage.setItem("aegis/qrSize", String(size)); } catch {}
+    window.removeEventListener("pointermove", onMove);
+    window.removeEventListener("pointerup", onUp);
+  };
+  grip.addEventListener("pointerdown", (e) => {
+    active = true; startY = e.clientY;
+    const cv = $("qr");
+    startSize = cv ? (parseInt(cv.style.width, 10) || 200) : 200;
+    grip._pid = e.pointerId;
+    grip.classList.add("dragging");
+    try { grip.setPointerCapture(e.pointerId); } catch {}
+    window.addEventListener("pointermove", onMove);
+    window.addEventListener("pointerup", onUp);
+    e.preventDefault();
   });
-  paint();
+  // Keyboard affordance — a drag-only control is unusable without a mouse.
+  grip.tabIndex = 0;
+  grip.addEventListener("keydown", (e) => {
+    const step = e.shiftKey ? 24 : 8;
+    if (e.key === "ArrowUp") { size = clamp(size - step); }
+    else if (e.key === "ArrowDown") { size = clamp(size + step); }
+    else return;
+    e.preventDefault(); apply();
+    try { localStorage.setItem("aegis/qrSize", String(size)); } catch {}
+  });
+})();
+// The inline copy button holds an SVG; set it once at load.
+(function paintCopyIcon() {
+  const b = $("copyAddr");
+  if (b && !b.firstElementChild) b.innerHTML = COPY_ICON;
 })();
 $("copyAddr").addEventListener("click", async () => {
-  try { await navigator.clipboard.writeText(sel().address); flash($("copyAddr"), "Copied"); } catch {}
+  const b = $("copyAddr");
+  try {
+    await navigator.clipboard.writeText(sel().address);
+    // innerHTML, not flash() — flash() swaps textContent, which would
+    // delete the inline SVG and leave an empty square behind.
+    b.classList.add("copied"); b.innerHTML = CHECK_ICON;
+    setTimeout(() => { b.classList.remove("copied"); b.innerHTML = COPY_ICON; }, 1000);
+  } catch {}
 });
 $("nextAddr").addEventListener("click", async () => {
   try { const s = await S.invoke("nextAddress"); state.selected = { ...state.selected, ...s }; render(); }
-  catch (e) { flash($("nextAddr"), "Failed"); }
+  // The old handler discarded the error and flashed a bare "Failed", so
+  // neither the user nor a maintainer could tell WHY — which is why
+  // "next unused address doesn't work" had no diagnosable cause. Show it.
+  catch (e) { showErr("Next address: " + cleanErr(e)); }
 });
 $("viewAddr").addEventListener("click", () => openUrl(explorerHref(sel().explorerAddr, sel().address)));
 $("openFaucet").addEventListener("click", () => sel().faucet && openUrl(sel().faucet));