# Bad value “” for attribute “dir” on element “meta”.
> Canonical HTML version: https://rocketvalidator.com/html-validation/bad-value-for-attribute-dir-on-element-meta
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The `dir` attribute on a `` element is set to an empty string, and `dir` only accepts `ltr`, `rtl` or `auto`.
`dir` is a global attribute, so `` may carry it. On a `` with human-readable `content`, such as a page description, it sets the direction of that text. An empty `dir=""` names no direction, so the validator rejects it. Remove the attribute if the text reads in the same direction as the page, or set `rtl`, `ltr` or `auto` if it doesn't.
Often nobody wrote that `dir` on purpose. A double quote inside the `content` value closes the attribute early, and the browser reads each word after it as a separate attribute with an empty value. If one of those words is "dir", you get this error, along with an "Attribute not allowed" error for each of the other words. A CMS or template that copies an excerpt into a `description` or `og:description` tag without escaping it produces exactly this. Write double quotes inside the value as `"`, or strip them before printing the tag.
## Invalid example
```html
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## Valid example
```html
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## Invalid example with an unescaped quote
```html
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## Valid example with the quote escaped
```html
```