diff --git a/ifm.php b/ifm.php
index 6f76870..d52836f 100644
--- a/ifm.php
+++ b/ifm.php
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class IFMConfig {
 	const showowner = 1;		// show file owner?
 	const showgroup = 1;		// show file group?
 	const showpath = 0; 		// show real path of directory (not only root)?
-	const showrights = 1; 		// show permissions 0 -> not; 1 -> octal, 2 -> human readable
+	const showrights = 2; 		// show permissions 0 -> not; 1 -> octal, 2 -> human readable
 	const showhtdocs = 1;		// show .htaccess and .htpasswd
 	const showhiddenfiles = 1;	// show files beginning with a dot (e.g. ".bashrc")
 
@@ -376,7 +376,8 @@ min-width:200px; right:0; top:0; } #options ul li:before { content: '\2192\00A0'
 #filetable tr:hover { background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.12); }
 #filetable tbody tr.selected { border: 1px dashed #777 !important; background-color: #FFE4C4; }
 #filetable tbody tr:last-child { border-bottom: 1px solid #EBEBEB; }
-#filetable input[type^=text] { width:50px; text-align:center; } .download-link { font-size: 0.9em; } .overlay { z-index:5; } .overlay fieldset { border: 0; background-color: white;}
+#filetable input[type^=text] { width:50px; text-align:center; } #filetable input[type^=text].short { width:50px; } #filetable input[type^=text].long { width: 100px; }
+.download-link { font-size: 0.9em; } .overlay { z-index:5; } .overlay fieldset { border: 0; background-color: white;}
 .overlay { position: fixed; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; text-align: center; background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.7);}
 .overlay form { width: 80%; margin: 3em auto; text-align: left; } .overlay form fieldset { position:relative; }
 .overlay form#showFile { height:80%; } .overlay form#showFile fieldset { height:100%; } .overlay select { float:right; margin-top:10px; padding:10px; }
@@ -525,6 +526,7 @@ if(!ifm) {
 									newrow += ' onkeypress="ifm.changePermissions(event, \''+data[i].name+'\');"';
 								else
 									newrow += " readonly";
+								newrow += ( data[i].filepermmode.trim() != "" ) ? ' class="' + data[i].filepermmode + '"' : '';
 								newrow += '></td>';
 							}
 							if(data[i].owner) newrow += '<td>'+data[i].owner+'</td>';
@@ -1344,6 +1346,7 @@ $(document).ready(function() {ifm.init()}); // init ifm
 						if( IFMConfig::showrights == 1 ) $item["fileperms"] = substr( decoct( fileperms( $result ) ), -3 );
 						elseif( IFMConfig::showrights == 2 ) $item["fileperms"] = $this->filePermsDecode( fileperms( $result ) );
 						if( $item["fileperms"] == "" ) $item["fileperms"] = " ";
+						$item["filepermmode"] = ( IFMConfig::showrights == 1 ) ? "short" : "long";
 					}
 					if( IFMConfig::showowner == 1  ) {
 						if ( function_exists( "posix_getpwuid" ) && fileowner($result) !== false ) {
diff --git a/src/config.php b/src/config.php
index fd14ccc..f2cc2b5 100644
--- a/src/config.php
+++ b/src/config.php
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class IFMConfig {
 	const showowner = 1;		// show file owner?
 	const showgroup = 1;		// show file group?
 	const showpath = 0; 		// show real path of directory (not only root)?
-	const showrights = 1; 		// show permissions 0 -> not; 1 -> octal, 2 -> human readable
+	const showrights = 2; 		// show permissions 0 -> not; 1 -> octal, 2 -> human readable
 	const showhtdocs = 1;		// show .htaccess and .htpasswd
 	const showhiddenfiles = 1;	// show files beginning with a dot (e.g. ".bashrc")
 
diff --git a/src/ifm.js b/src/ifm.js
index 5f5fb15..722092e 100644
--- a/src/ifm.js
+++ b/src/ifm.js
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ if(!ifm) {
 									newrow += ' onkeypress="ifm.changePermissions(event, \''+data[i].name+'\');"';
 								else
 									newrow += " readonly";
+								newrow += ( data[i].filepermmode.trim() != "" ) ? ' class="' + data[i].filepermmode + '"' : '';
 								newrow += '></td>';
 							}
 							if(data[i].owner) newrow += '<td>'+data[i].owner+'</td>';
diff --git a/src/main.php b/src/main.php
index c0004c5..9f34233 100644
--- a/src/main.php
+++ b/src/main.php
@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@ class IFM {
 						if( IFMConfig::showrights == 1 ) $item["fileperms"] = substr( decoct( fileperms( $result ) ), -3 );
 						elseif( IFMConfig::showrights == 2 ) $item["fileperms"] = $this->filePermsDecode( fileperms( $result ) );
 						if( $item["fileperms"] == "" ) $item["fileperms"] = " ";
+						$item["filepermmode"] = ( IFMConfig::showrights == 1 ) ? "short" : "long";
 					}
 					if( IFMConfig::showowner == 1  ) {
 						if ( function_exists( "posix_getpwuid" ) && fileowner($result) !== false ) {
diff --git a/src/style.css b/src/style.css
index 02ace01..36c14fb 100644
--- a/src/style.css
+++ b/src/style.css
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ min-width:200px; right:0; top:0; } #options ul li:before { content: '\2192\00A0'
 #filetable tr:hover { background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.12); }
 #filetable tbody tr.selected { border: 1px dashed #777 !important; background-color: #FFE4C4; }
 #filetable tbody tr:last-child { border-bottom: 1px solid #EBEBEB; }
-#filetable input[type^=text] { width:50px; text-align:center; } .download-link { font-size: 0.9em; } .overlay { z-index:5; } .overlay fieldset { border: 0; background-color: white;}
+#filetable input[type^=text] { width:50px; text-align:center; } #filetable input[type^=text].short { width:50px; } #filetable input[type^=text].long { width: 100px; }
+.download-link { font-size: 0.9em; } .overlay { z-index:5; } .overlay fieldset { border: 0; background-color: white;}
 .overlay { position: fixed; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; text-align: center; background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.7);}
 .overlay form { width: 80%; margin: 3em auto; text-align: left; } .overlay form fieldset { position:relative; }
 .overlay form#showFile { height:80%; } .overlay form#showFile fieldset { height:100%; } .overlay select { float:right; margin-top:10px; padding:10px; }