"Show All Windows" in Mission Control

Hey everyone!
In Snow Leopard you had this amazing feature that when you push and hold the mouse button on an active application in the dock, all the windows of that application would pop up beside each other.
Doing so in Lion just generates a sub-menu, where you have to click the "Show All Windows" yourself.
Is it possible to get the Snow Leopard function in Lion?
Thanks!

I dont use the Trackpad, just a mouse. Moments after I typed it, the answer was suggested already:
CTRL+Mission Control button does exactly what I want.
Is it possible to reconfigure this shortcut to the Snow Leopard way? (Pushing and holding the mouse button on an app in the dock for the same results)
Thanks,

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My favorite feature on the mac has always been the ability to see all open windows with a simple click (F3 on my keyboard). I often have multiple word documents and multiple pdf files open, as well as two or three different browser windows, several image files, and who knows what else. It is very common for me to have 10-20 open windows and it was always a huge help to be able to see them all at once, with filenames that would pop up when hovering with the mouse. This feature made it incredibly easy to move from file to file and truly see everything on the desktop at once.
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I know what you mean - it was nice to see all the windows.
Tell Apple here: Apple - Mac OS X - Feedback
To mitigate this problem there is "App expose" which lets you see all open windows for any given application.
And, in Mission Control you can spread a given application's windows a little further apart or you can preview any given window within Mission Control.
How you do all that stuff depends on how you've configured mouse, keyboard and trackpad. For example, on my trackpad, to spread MC windows a bit I slide two fingers up (with cursor over the group of windows). To preview a given window, I put the cursor over the window and hit the space bar. For me, App expose can be activated by 4 fingers down for the frontmost app, and four fingers down with the cursor over the chosen app in the dock.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4689
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CTRL+Mission Control button does exactly what I want.
Is it possible to reconfigure this shortcut to the Snow Leopard way? (Pushing and holding the mouse button on an app in the dock for the same results)
Thanks,

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http://appleslut.com/blog/software/osx-lion-mission-control

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YES . you get it.
Not thing to apologize. you don;t do anything wrong. sorry about my word i'm not good in english.
it call Minimize windows
by your answer that is ok. The window will go to stay on Dock by click in >System Preference >Dock > Uncheck Minimize windows into application.
but someone (me and topick owner Jmayorperes) we check in minimize window to application icon . because i want a static Dock . dont want many icon on Dock when i minimize.
and old style expose is allow me to see all active window and all minimize windows in same place. by move mouse to hot corner .
But Lion if you want to see Minimize window you must >>> .. hold click to icon and select > show all window .. That's it. http://postimage.org/image/2wd9ly7no/
but i think 1-2 second difference not good .
That why we try to get it back . it just change by apple. maybe it good for people who use touchpad or andything i don't know.
but for me it difference. and have to change behavior hope it come back in next update
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When I was using SL, I could click and hold on an app in the dock to bring up expose all the windows for that app alone. I can't seem to do that in Lion. I have to click and then select Show All Windows.
Is there a way for me to open it they way I used to in SL? I do have Mission Control enabled in Lion if that's what causing my issue.

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sdevan wrote:
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He knows it already LOL (have a look at the original post):
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