The Elements panel is specifically designed for DOM and CSS work: 1) It provides a live, interactive representation of the page's DOM tree, 2) Elements can be selected, inspected, and modified in real-time, 3) It displays the computed CSS styles applied to any selected element, 4) The CSS rules view shows all rules affecting an element with specificity and inheritance clearly indicated, 5) It allows adding, modifying, and disabling CSS properties on-the-fly, 6) The panel includes tools for working with element event listeners, breakpoints on DOM changes, and accessibility testing, 7) It offers a box model visualization for understanding element dimensions and spacing, 8) Additional features include DOM breakpoints for detecting when elements change, get removed, or have child elements added.