+To get a lighter weight message about the cite link, we define a function that gives us the minibuffer message, without the menu. We add it to a hook that updates after every command, including cursor movements.
+
+#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :tangle org-ref.el
+(defun org-ref-cite-link-p () (interactive)
+ (let* ((object (org-element-context))
+ (type (org-element-property :type object)))
+ ;; We only want this to work on citation links
+ (when (-contains? org-ref-cite-types type)
+ (message (org-ref-get-citation-string-at-point)))))
+
+(when org-ref-show-citation-on-enter
+ (add-hook 'post-command-hook 'org-ref-cite-link-p))
+#+END_SRC
+