DDE panel
As you can see, DDE offers a very familiar user interface similar to Windows. You have a panel at the bottom with the App-Menu-Launcher at the far left, followed by a row of pinned apps, the time & date, and many widgets/plugins at the far right.
This is the “Efficient Mode” on DDE. You can right-click on the panel and change it to make it look different. For example, if you select the “Fashion Mode,” the layout style of the panel changes to resemble the macOS design.
DDE panel fashion
mode
Here, all the pinned apps are collected in the middle. That being said, you still have the App-Menu-Launcher at the far left and all the widgets/plugins at the far right. Also, notice that in “Fashion Mode,” the panel is now floating, sort of like a dock. In “Efficient Mode,” it was snapped to the edge of the screen.
Coming back to the Right-Click menu on the panel, apart from switching between design modes, you can also change the location/placement of the panel. It can either be on the screen’s top, left, right, or bottom (default).
DDE panel
right-click menu
Then there’s the “Status” section. From here, you can configure the panel to “Keep Shown,” – in which case it will always be visible. You can change that to “Keep Hidden,” – which will only show the panel when you hover your mouse over it. Or “Smart Hide,” which will automatically hide the panel if you open a full-screen app.
And lastly, you have the “Plugins” section. From here, you can enable/disable which plugins or widgets are available on the panel. By default, all of them are enabled, including Trash, Power, Show Desktop, Onboard, Notification Center, DateTime.
Other than this, you can also increase or decrease the width of the panel dragging its edge.