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Render HTML content in table columns

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.Auto triaged .Team/UXWest Priority:P2 Type:New Feature Visualization/ Visualization/Tables
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Description

What problem will this feature request solve?
Customers have WYSIWYG editors on platforms and they want to see the content in Metabase as they persist these in their applications

Describe the solution you'd like.
When a table column contains HTML in a VARCHAR value, render the HTML instead of showing the raw tags.

How does this feature request impact you?
Requested by an enterprise customer

Additional information
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Research direction

No file, test, or entry point is named. Start by locating the table-column rendering path and checking how VARCHAR values are currently displayed; done means HTML content is rendered instead of raw tags, with the expected behavior verified by tests.

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Assessment

Tech stack
html
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
48/100

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