Disable hyperlink just for textcite

Question

I just want to remove hyperlink for textcite. This a MWE from this question:

\documentclass{report}
\usepackage[style=authoryear]{biblatex}
\usepackage{hyperref}

% Just for demo
\ExecuteBibliographyOptions{maxcitenames=1}

\DeclareFieldFormat{citehyperref}{%
  \DeclareFieldAlias{bibhyperref}{noformat}% Avoid nested links
  \bibhyperref{#1}}

\DeclareFieldFormat{textcitehyperref}{%
  \DeclareFieldAlias{bibhyperref}{noformat}% Avoid nested links
  \bibhyperref{%
    #1%
    \ifbool{cbx:parens}
      {\bibcloseparen\global\boolfalse{cbx:parens}}
      {}}}

\savebibmacro{cite}
\savebibmacro{textcite}

\renewbibmacro*{cite}{%
  \printtext[citehyperref]{%
    \restorebibmacro{cite}%
    \usebibmacro{cite}}}

\renewbibmacro*{textcite}{%
  \ifboolexpr{
    ( not test {\iffieldundef{prenote}} and
      test {\ifnumequal{\value{citecount}}{1}} )
    or
    ( not test {\iffieldundef{postnote}} and
      test {\ifnumequal{\value{citecount}}{\value{citetotal}}} )
  }
    {\DeclareFieldAlias{textcitehyperref}{noformat}}
    {}%
  \printtext[textcitehyperref]{%
    \restorebibmacro{textcite}%
    \usebibmacro{textcite}}}

\renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{1.2}
\setlength{\parskip}{\smallskipamount}
\setlength{\parindent}{0pt}
\addbibresource{biblatex-examples.bib}
\begin{document}
\null\vfill
\textbf{Single citations}

Filler text \parencite{aristotle:poetics}. Filler text \parencite{kant:ku} \\
Filler text \parencite[See][23]{aristotle:poetics}.
Filler text \parencite[1--10]{kant:ku}. \\
\textcite{aristotle:poetics} and \textcite{kant:ku}.
\textcite[e.g.][]{aristotle:poetics} and \textcite[10]{kant:ku}. \\
Filler text.\footcite[23]{aristotle:poetics} Filler text.\footcite[1--10]{aristotle:rhetoric}
Filler text.\footnote{\smartcite[10--15]{companion}}

\textbf{Unqualified citation lists}

\textcite{aristotle:poetics,aristotle:rhetoric} \\
\textcite[e.g.][]{aristotle:poetics,aristotle:rhetoric} \\
\textcite[10--15]{aristotle:poetics,aristotle:rhetoric} \\
\textcite[e.g.][10--15]{aristotle:poetics,aristotle:rhetoric} \\
\parencite[See][for example]{aristotle:poetics,aristotle:rhetoric}

\textbf{Qualified citation lists}

\textcites{aristotle:poetics}{aristotle:rhetoric} \\
\textcites(See)(){aristotle:poetics}[cf.][]{aristotle:rhetoric} \\
\textcites(See)()[10]{aristotle:poetics}[10]{aristotle:rhetoric} \\
\textcites(See)()[10--15]{aristotle:poetics}[cf.][10]{aristotle:rhetoric} \\
\textcites(See)()[e.g.][10--15]{aristotle:poetics}[cf.][10]{aristotle:rhetoric} \\
\parencites(See)()[10--15]{aristotle:poetics}[cf.][10]{aristotle:rhetoric}

\textbf{Mix of qualified and unqualified citation lists}

\textcites(See)()[e.g.][]{aristotle:poetics}[10]{bertram,companion} \\
\textcites[e.g.][]{aristotle:poetics,aristotle:rhetoric}[10]{companion} \\
\textcites[10]{aristotle:poetics,aristotle:rhetoric}[cf.][]{bertram} \\
\textcites[15]{aristotle:poetics}[cf.][10]{bertram,companion}

\printbibliography
\end{document}

Actually, this is not a MWE, because biblatex-examples.bib is an external file which we do not have access to. You can use filecontents package within your example. Also, for it to be minimal you only need to have a few \textcite commands in the document (and maybe one or two \parencite etc.). — whatisit, Dec 27 '18 at 17:42
To clarify: you want to disable hyperlinking for only \textcite? But other linking commands, such as \parencite, \textcites, \parencites, etc. should retain hyperlinks? — whatisit, Dec 27 '18 at 17:44
@whatisit biblatex-examples.bib is in every tex system and is a perfect bib for examples (much better than bib entries with filecontents which only add more junk to my test folder). — Ulrike Fischer, Dec 27 '18 at 17:47
@UlrikeFischer oops, yes you are correct! I actually was unaware and assumed it was a local file. — whatisit, Dec 27 '18 at 17:50
@user2991243 Would it be enough to remove the boarder indicating the hyperlink or does the link has to be totally removed? — samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz, Dec 27 '18 at 18:06

moewe · Accepted Answer · 2018-12-28T15:32:42.897

A simple solution is to just redefine the bibhyperref field format that usually sets the links locally for textcite. There are several ways to do this (for example with xpatch), but since the MWE already uses the \savebibmacro–\restorebibmacro approach we might as well use that.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[style=authoryear]{biblatex}
\usepackage{hyperref}

% Just for demo
\ExecuteBibliographyOptions{maxcitenames=1}

\DeclareFieldFormat{citehyperref}{%
  \DeclareFieldAlias{bibhyperref}{noformat}% Avoid nested links
  \bibhyperref{#1}}

\savebibmacro{cite}
\savebibmacro{textcite}

\renewbibmacro*{cite}{%
  \printtext[citehyperref]{%
    \restorebibmacro{cite}%
    \usebibmacro{cite}}}

\renewbibmacro*{textcite}{%
  \DeclareFieldAlias{bibhyperref}{noformat}% Remove all links
  \restorebibmacro{textcite}%
  \usebibmacro{textcite}}

\addbibresource{biblatex-examples.bib}
\begin{document}
\textcite{sigfridsson}

\cite{sigfridsson}

\printbibliography
\end{document}

You're welcome! In the last few months there seems to be an increase of problems with image uploads -- it starts to get annoying ... — samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz, Dec 28 '18 at 15:45
@samcarter I'm pretty sure this is my internet connection, though. Usually it works fine, but I'm away from my flat. — moewe, Dec 28 '18 at 15:47

Disable hyperlink just for textcite

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