diff --git a/app/views/posts/_form.haml b/app/views/posts/_form.haml
index 1701e13d..db790d75 100644
--- a/app/views/posts/_form.haml
+++ b/app/views/posts/_form.haml
@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@
       - @post.errors.each do |_,error|
         %li= error
 
+-# TODO seleccionar la dirección por defecto según el idioma actual
+- direction = @post.get_front_matter(:dir) || 'ltr'
 -# string para configurar la clase con direccion de texto
-- field_class = "form-control #{@post.get_front_matter(:dir)}"
+- field_class = "form-control #{direction}"
 -# TODO habilitar form_for
 - if @post.new?
   - url = site_posts_path(@site)
@@ -20,12 +22,11 @@
     = label_tag 'post_dir', t('posts.dir')
     = select_tag 'post[dir]',
       options_for_select([[t('posts.ltr'), 'ltr'], [t('posts.rtl'), 'rtl']],
-      @post.get_front_matter(:dir)),
-      { class: 'form-control' }
+      direction, { class: 'form-control' }
   .form-group
     = text_field 'post', 'title', value: @post.title, class: field_class,
       placeholder: t('posts.title')
-  .form-group{class: @post.get_front_matter(:dir)}
+  .form-group{class: direction}
     = text_area_tag 'post[content]', @post.content, autofocus: true,
       class: 'post-content',
       cols: 72, wrap: 'hard'