diff --git a/htdocs/categories/class/categorie.class.php b/htdocs/categories/class/categorie.class.php
index 3076b9ecacd..748a9501101 100644
--- a/htdocs/categories/class/categorie.class.php
+++ b/htdocs/categories/class/categorie.class.php
@@ -1347,7 +1347,7 @@ class Categorie extends CommonObject
 	 * separated by $sep (" >> " by default)
 	 *
 	 * @param	string	$sep	     Separator
-	 * @param	string	$url	     Url
+	 * @param	string	$url	     Url ('', 'none' or 'urltouse')
 	 * @param   int     $nocolor     0
 	 * @param	string	$addpicto	 Add picto into link
 	 * @return	array
@@ -1386,6 +1386,10 @@ class Categorie extends CommonObject
 			        $link = '<a href="'.DOL_URL_ROOT.'/categories/viewcat.php?id='.$cat->id.'&type='.$cat->type.'" class="'.$forced_color.'">';
 			        $linkend = '</a>';
 			        $w[] = $link.($addpicto ? img_object('', 'category', 'class="paddingright"') : '').$cat->label.$linkend;
+				} elseif ($url == 'none') {
+					$link = '';
+					$linkend = '';
+					$w[] = $link.($addpicto ? img_object('', 'category', 'class="paddingright"') : '').$cat->label.$linkend;
 				} else {
 					$w[] = "<a href='".DOL_URL_ROOT."/".$url."?catid=".$cat->id."'>".($addpicto ? img_object('', 'category') : '').$cat->label."</a>";
 				}
diff --git a/htdocs/core/class/html.form.class.php b/htdocs/core/class/html.form.class.php
index 289b92f84ae..efae43e02ee 100644
--- a/htdocs/core/class/html.form.class.php
+++ b/htdocs/core/class/html.form.class.php
@@ -6554,9 +6554,10 @@ class Form
 	 * 	@param		int		$id				Id of object
 	 * 	@param		string	$type			Type of category ('member', 'customer', 'supplier', 'product', 'contact'). Old mode (0, 1, 2, ...) is deprecated.
 	 *  @param		int		$rendermode		0=Default, use multiselect. 1=Emulate multiselect (recommended)
+	 *  @param		int		$nolink			1=Do not add html links
 	 * 	@return		string					String with categories
 	 */
-    public function showCategories($id, $type, $rendermode = 0)
+    public function showCategories($id, $type, $rendermode = 0, $nolink = 0)
 	{
 		global $db;
 
@@ -6570,7 +6571,7 @@ class Form
 			$toprint = array();
 			foreach ($categories as $c)
 			{
-				$ways = $c->print_all_ways(' &gt;&gt; ', '', 0, 1); // $ways[0] = "ccc2 >> ccc2a >> ccc2a1" with html formated text
+				$ways = $c->print_all_ways(' &gt;&gt; ', ($nolink ? 'none' : ''), 0, 1); // $ways[0] = "ccc2 >> ccc2a >> ccc2a1" with html formated text
 				foreach ($ways as $way)
 				{
 					$toprint[] = '<li class="select2-search-choice-dolibarr noborderoncategories"'.($c->color ? ' style="background: #'.$c->color.';"' : ' style="background: #aaa"').'>'.$way.'</li>';