@Jon Fritz THANK YOU YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I upgraded to Dreamweaver CC only to be driven mad by the new Designer panel which is plain awful to use compared to CS6. That was the only issue that caused me to cancel and go back to CS6 since last year. I searched extensively about this before and just gave up as there were many complaints I found, but no solution. Decided to query it again today just to see if there were any updates, and found this thread with your solution. I'm so happy.
Adobe needs to document this and make it a VISIBLE OPTION in the settings. They better not fully remove it!
