Name

IndexOptions

Synopsis

IndexOptions option [option] ... (Apache 1.3.2 and earlier)
IndexOptions [+|-]option [[+|-]option] ... (Apache 1.3.3 and later) 
Server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess

This directive is somewhat complicated, and its syntax varies drastically depending on your version of Apache.

+/- syntax and merging of multiple IndexOptions directives is only available with Apache 1.3.3 and later; the FoldersFirst and DescriptionWidth options are only available with Apache 1.3.10 and later; the TrackModified option is only available with Apache 1.3.15 and later.

The IndexOptions directive specifies the behavior of the directory indexing. option can be one of the following:

DescriptionWidth=[n | *] (Apache 1.3.10 and later)

The DescriptionWidth keyword allows you to specify the width of the description column in characters. If the keyword value is *, then the column is automatically sized to the length of the longest filename in the display. See AddDescription for dangers inherent in truncating descriptions.

FancyIndexing

This turns on fancy indexing, which gives users more control over how the information is sorted.

Note that in versions of Apache prior to 1.3.2, the FancyIndexing and IndexOptions directives will override each other. You should use IndexOptions FancyIndexing in preference to the standalone FancyIndexing directive. As of Apache 1.3.2, a standalone FancyIndexing directive is combined with any IndexOptions directive already specified for the current ...

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