But I've added more documentation about it, which describes a workaround, and I've deployed the workaround for you.
Docs follow...
Note that if you set all fields of your catalogue to "Display in category-views" and disable comments and trackbacks, there will be no links to the entry view screen. This is due to there being little purpose in this screen because everything already displays on categories.
If you want to change this behaviour then you can edit the relevant display template (e.g. [tt]CATALOGUE_DEFAULT_GRID_ENTRY_WRAP.tpl[/tt]) to replace [tt]{VIEW_URL}[/tt] with [tt]{$PAGE_LINK,_SEARCH:catalogues:entry:{ID}}[/tt] and [tt]{VIEW_URL*}[/tt] with [tt]{$PAGE_LINK*,_SEARCH:catalogues:entry:{ID}}[/tt].
Actually Chris, now that I think of it, this may be a design flaw.
Mobile users do not get tool tips, so this kind of functionality would prohibit mobile users from ever being able to view the content of such catalogue entry.
#2914 - Catalogue entries in image grid view sometimes does not have URL hyperlink
But I've added more documentation about it, which describes a workaround, and I've deployed the workaround for you.
Docs follow...
Note that if you set all fields of your catalogue to "Display in category-views" and disable comments and trackbacks, there will be no links to the entry view screen. This is due to there being little purpose in this screen because everything already displays on categories.
If you want to change this behaviour then you can edit the relevant display template (e.g. [tt]CATALOGUE_DEFAULT_GRID_ENTRY_WRAP.tpl[/tt]) to replace [tt]{VIEW_URL}[/tt] with [tt]{$PAGE_LINK,_SEARCH:catalogues:entry:{ID}}[/tt] and [tt]{VIEW_URL*}[/tt] with [tt]{$PAGE_LINK*,_SEARCH:catalogues:entry:{ID}}[/tt].
Mobile users do not get tool tips, so this kind of functionality would prohibit mobile users from ever being able to view the content of such catalogue entry.
...unless you made an exception for mobile users.