added markdown label

client/ayon_core/tools/utils/__init__.py

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ from .widgets import (
     CustomTextComboBox,
     PlaceholderLineEdit,
     PlaceholderPlainTextEdit,
+    MarkdownLabel,
     ElideLabel,
     HintedLineEdit,
     ExpandingTextEdit,
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ __all__ = (
     "CustomTextComboBox",
     "PlaceholderLineEdit",
     "PlaceholderPlainTextEdit",
+    "MarkdownLabel",
     "ElideLabel",
     "HintedLineEdit",
     "ExpandingTextEdit",

client/ayon_core/tools/utils/widgets.py

@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ from qtpy import QtWidgets, QtCore, QtGui
 import qargparse
 import qtawesome
 
+try:
+    import markdown
+except (ImportError, SyntaxError):
+    markdown = None
+
 from ayon_core.style import (
     get_objected_colors,
     get_style_image_path,
@@ -131,6 +136,29 @@ class PlaceholderPlainTextEdit(QtWidgets.QPlainTextEdit):
             viewport.setPalette(filter_palette)
 
 
+class MarkdownLabel(QtWidgets.QLabel):
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+
+        # Enable word wrap by default
+        self.setWordWrap(True)
+
+        self.setText(self.text())
+
+    def setText(self, text):
+        super().setText(self._md_to_html(text))
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _md_to_html(text):
+        if markdown is None:
+            # This does add style definition to the markdown which does not
+            #   feel natural in the UI (but still better than raw MD).
+            doc = QtGui.QTextDocument()
+            doc.setMarkdown(text)
+            return doc.toHtml()
+        return markdown.markdown(text)
+
+
 class ElideLabel(QtWidgets.QLabel):
     """Label which elide text.
 

client/pyproject.toml

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ description="AYON core addon."
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
 python = ">=3.9.1,<3.10"
+markdown = "^3.4.1"
 clique = "1.6.*"
 jsonschema = "^2.6.0"
 pyblish-base = "^1.8.11"