Ionic 4 IonSelect selected value text truncates way too soon - ionic-framework

Question

I have a standard Ionic IonSelect set up as in the following...
<ion-item lines='none'>
<ion-label>Location</ion-label>
<ion-select type="text" placeholder='select...'>
<ion-select-option *ngFor='let p of places' value="{{p.id}}">
{{p.description}}
</ion-select-option>
</ion-select>
</ion-item>
My problem is that it can only handle quite short text until it starts to truncate, eg:
It looks like the label and selected values want to use 50% of the space each.
Is there a way to make this text move to the left, almost all the way up to the label?
Ionic info:
$ ionic info
Ionic:
Ionic CLI : 5.2.3 (C:\Users\pchapman\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\ionic)
Ionic Framework : #ionic/angular 4.11.2
#angular-devkit/build-angular : 0.802.0
#angular-devkit/schematics : 8.2.0
#angular/cli : 8.2.0
#ionic/angular-toolkit : 2.0.0
Cordova:
Cordova CLI : 9.0.0 (cordova-lib#9.0.1)
Cordova Platforms : android 8.0.0, windows 6.0.1
Cordova Plugins : cordova-plugin-ionic-keyboard 2.1.3, cordova-plugin-ionic-webview 3.1.2, (and 12 other plugins)
Utility:
cordova-res : 0.7.0-testing.0
native-run : 0.2.8
System:
Android SDK Tools : 26.1.1 (C:\Users\pchapman\AppData\Local\Android\sdk)
NodeJS : v10.15.3 (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe)
npm : 6.4.1
OS : Windows 10
Update
Tried using the float as suggested, but I get:

Answer 1

I just found your question while looking for the same. After some time trying to find useful hints unsuccessfully, I thought on providing my findings for future coders that will end up here as you might have solved your issue already.
TL;DR
the quickest fix for the ion-select alignment is to set up position on the label like this
<ion-label position="floating">Location</ion-label>
so it ends up as
<ion-item lines='none'>
<ion-label position="floating">Location</ion-label>
<ion-select type="text" placeholder='select...'>
<ion-select-option *ngFor='let p of places' value="{{p.id}}">
{{p.description}}
</ion-select-option>
</ion-select>
it will work with position floating or stacked, as it will wrap a new line for the select result.
This way you get still the same ionic components without many modifications and still solve the UI disarray.