This did not occur in 2.12 or older.
Create a new torrent, while that torrent is hashing, go make a 2nd new torrent, most times the UI will lockup while in the "Select File for New Seed" or "Select folder for New Seed", as soon as the hashing is done it becomes responsive again.
More of an annoyance then anything.
I've had this happen several times, however, as long as I'm not hashing something over a few GBs, it only locks the application and unlocks after the hashing finishes.
You could try switching the file allocation method from the default (Sparse) to Fast Allocate for the time being.