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Is there a way for Cmd+Tab to display all of the instances/windows of an app?

An excellent example is here: enter image description here

Notice how it shows the available instances of that application? That's what I'm looking for.

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I don't think it's happening. Since OS X has a feature called "Mission Control", little people make windows manager app for OS X. Use Mission Control under "Application Window" mode, find it under System Preferences. – Shane Hsu Jan 18 at 8:41
I'm very familiar with Mission Control. It just doesn't do what I need. – hinmn Jan 19 at 5:55

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Witch does exactly that, with a ton of configuration options. It can also use the default Cmd - Tab shortcut.

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Functionally it's nearly perfect. The only issue is it has to be activated in each Desktop before it can read the windows in that desktop - but apparently that isn't Witch's fault. Thanks! – hinmn Jan 18 at 17:47
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If you don't care about seeing the window thumbnails, ⌘ - ` (the key above the Tab key) switches between open instances of an app.

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At first glance this appears to be limited to instances that are in the same space/desktop. Is that correct? – hinmn Feb 26 at 0:02

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