You can create a key command for articulation map setup. Or press shift enter and type in whatever you want.
There are no macros, true, but I dont find it any more or less click based than any other daw if you create your own key bindings.
DP feels like the MIDI-focused brother of Samplitude Pro X. It's definitely more click based than something like Studio One, Cakewalk, or Cubase as those DAWs either were designed with a focus on mouse-heavy usage, or got UX do-overs to accommodate this. DP feels like it was designed for computers without a mouse.
Yes, you can navigate the UI, Menus, and Context Menus with a mouse... But, when you're used to dragging Virtual Instruments, FX, etc. around and just dropping them to allow the DAW to do what takes 3 clicks and a menu dive in DP - CONSTANTLY - you feel this.
I don't feel like it is as efficient to use as something like Studio One, unless you learn the keyboard shortcuts and employ them religiously. The issue with that - from a Windows user's perspective - is that even the most basic File/Edit/View/Window Management operations have ported over macOS keyboard shortcuts. So, there is no shortcut. Even the basics are going to be relatively foreign.
I think the average person can pick up Cubase and get by just fine, while having decent-enough productivity. I don't think this is possible with Digital Performer. I think that may work to its disadvantage. The software may frustrate people before they can even start making music with it, while trying a trial version or something... The market is oversaturated with DAWs, these days.
I actually think that's kind of fine, though. Different software is different. I do think Samplitude was easier to use, even with the click and keyboard heavy UX due to the fact that it uses a lot of Standard Windows shortcuts, so a lot of the basics of using the application were relatively intuitive.
Digital Performer on Windows is a culture shock :-P
Using it on a laptop (being on vacation), I think it runs well and it's fine. Some of the text in the UI is very small, though. My eyesight is great, but I can see others completely shrugging it off for Accessibility reasons. The list fonts can be scaled, but there is a LOT of text in the UI that is miniscule. If you're using a laptop screen smaller than 15.6", it will be rough going with that!
The feature set is amazing. The DAW is very deep and equally broad. It's great for video work, and it supports surround without forcing you to upgrade to a $999-3,500 Product SKU (Nuendo, Pro Tools | Ultimate, Sequoia), though it doesn't do Atmos (AFAIK... yet?).
The MIDI Editing is good. The Audio Editing is good. The score editor is better than that of Cubase - but it, sadly, doesn't import MusicXML (though importing the MIDI seems fine; track names and everything carry over, but no articulations will). The Articulation Maps and Editing are better than Cubase, Studio One and Cakewalk. Everything seems great. The packaging is just a bit old-fashioned.
The way tracks are handled is kind of fine. If I think of Instrument Tracks as instruments in the Cubase VST Rack, it makes more sense - or at least removes one layer from consideration. The only gotcha is that the instrument audio outs have to go to "AUX Tracks." "Audio Tracks" won't do.