diff --git a/applets/taskmanager/package/contents/code/layout.js b/applets/taskmanager/package/contents/code/layout.js
--- a/applets/taskmanager/package/contents/code/layout.js
+++ b/applets/taskmanager/package/contents/code/layout.js
@@ -117,9 +117,13 @@
         } else {
             return tasks.height + horizontalMargins();
         }
-    } else {
-        return Math.floor(preferredMinWidth() * 1.6);
     }
+
+    if (plasmoid.configuration.groupingStrategy != 0 && !plasmoid.configuration.groupPopups) {
+        return preferredMinWidth();
+    }
+
+    return Math.floor(preferredMinWidth() * 1.6);
 }
 
 function preferredMinHeight() {
diff --git a/applets/taskmanager/package/contents/config/main.xml b/applets/taskmanager/package/contents/config/main.xml
--- a/applets/taskmanager/package/contents/config/main.xml
+++ b/applets/taskmanager/package/contents/config/main.xml
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@
     <entry name="groupingStrategy" type="Enum">
       <default>1</default>
     </entry>
+    <entry name="groupPopups" type="Bool">
+      <default>true</default>
+    </entry>
     <entry name="onlyGroupWhenFull" type="Bool">
       <default>true</default>
     </entry>
diff --git a/applets/taskmanager/package/contents/ui/ConfigGeneral.qml b/applets/taskmanager/package/contents/ui/ConfigGeneral.qml
--- a/applets/taskmanager/package/contents/ui/ConfigGeneral.qml
+++ b/applets/taskmanager/package/contents/ui/ConfigGeneral.qml
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
     property alias cfg_maxStripes: maxStripes.value
     property alias cfg_groupingStrategy: groupingStrategy.currentIndex
     property alias cfg_middleClickAction: middleClickAction.currentIndex
+    property alias cfg_groupPopups: groupPopups.checked
     property alias cfg_onlyGroupWhenFull: onlyGroupWhenFull.checked
     property alias cfg_sortingStrategy: sortingStrategy.currentIndex
     property alias cfg_showOnlyCurrentScreen: showOnlyCurrentScreen.checked
@@ -141,6 +142,7 @@
                         model: [i18n("Do Not Sort"), i18n("Manually"), i18n("Alphabetically"), i18n("By Desktop"), i18n("By Activity")]
                     }
 
+
                     Label {
                         Layout.fillWidth: true
                         Layout.row: 1
@@ -156,14 +158,32 @@
                         Layout.fillWidth: true
                         model: [i18n("Do Not Group"), i18n("By Program Name")]
                     }
+
                     CheckBox {
-                        id: onlyGroupWhenFull
+                        id: groupPopups
                         Layout.column: 1
                         Layout.row: 2
                         Layout.columnSpan: 2
-                        text: i18n("Only when the task manager is full")
+                        text: i18n("Open groups in popups")
                         enabled: groupingStrategy.currentIndex > 0
                     }
+
+                    Item {
+                        width: childrenRect.width
+                        height: childrenRect.height
+
+                        Layout.column: 1
+                        Layout.row: 3
+                        Layout.columnSpan: 2
+
+                        CheckBox {
+                            id: onlyGroupWhenFull
+                            anchors.left: parent.left
+                            anchors.leftMargin: units.gridUnit
+                            text: i18n("Only group when the task manager is full")
+                            enabled: groupingStrategy.currentIndex > 0 && groupPopups.checked
+                        }
+                    }
                 }
 
             }
diff --git a/applets/taskmanager/package/contents/ui/main.qml b/applets/taskmanager/package/contents/ui/main.qml
--- a/applets/taskmanager/package/contents/ui/main.qml
+++ b/applets/taskmanager/package/contents/ui/main.qml
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@
 
         groupMode: iconsOnly ? TaskManager.TasksModel.GroupApplication
             : sortModeEnumValue(plasmoid.configuration.groupingStrategy)
+        groupInline: !plasmoid.configuration.groupPopups
         groupingWindowTasksThreshold: (plasmoid.configuration.onlyGroupWhenFull && !iconsOnly
             ? LayoutManager.optimumCapacity(width, height) + 1 : -1)