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It appears that Mathematica tries to list the folder that you're typing into an Import[] statement. Since I'm working with folders mounted over sshfs and they contain a lot of files, this can hang the frontend for quite a while. Is there a way to stop this from happening?

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    $\begingroup$ A quick and dirty solution is to first put the folder name into a string, and then once that is typed, add the Import around that. You can also block the autocomplete features. Here $\endgroup$
    – enano9314
    Commented Jul 10, 2018 at 15:47
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    $\begingroup$ You should probably report this to Wolfram Support. It sounds like a "bug". They may not have anticipated that folder lookup can take long. In principle, lookup could be done asynchronously. $\endgroup$
    – Szabolcs
    Commented Jul 10, 2018 at 16:17

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Set the option "FileCompleteEnable" to False, either for the notebook or globally. In the Option browser, it is under Editing Options > Private... > CodeAssistOptions.

Reference: CodeAssistOptions

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