 <p>Well, as it turns out, if I insert a fake option group label it disables the truncating.</p> <p></p> <p><a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19398154/how-to-fix-truncated-text-on-select-element-on-ios7">How to fix truncated text on &lt;select&gt; element on iOS7</a></p> <pre><code>&lt;select&gt; &lt;option selected="" disabled=""&gt;Select a value&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option&gt;Grumpy wizards make toxic brew for the evil Queen and Jack&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option&gt;Quirky spud boys can jam after zapping five worthy Polysixes&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option&gt;The wizard quickly jinxed the gnomes before they vaporized&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option&gt;All questions asked by five watched experts amaze the judge&lt;/option&gt; &lt;optgroup label=""&gt;&lt;/optgroup&gt; &lt;/select&gt; </code></pre>