screenshot in menu context disables mouse click until reboot

Bug #1903925 reported by Patricio Whittingslow
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Bug Description

Description: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS
Release: 20.04

snap list | grep code result:
code e5a624b7 50 latest/stable vscode* classic

gnome-screenshot:
  Installed: 3.36.0-1ubuntu1
  Candidate: 3.36.0-1ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 3.36.0-1ubuntu1 500
        500 http://ar.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

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I wanted to box-select screenshot (Ctrl+Shift+PrntSc) while in Visual studio's
 File Dropdown menu (you know, the one selected when pressing Alt) I had my mouse on
File > Preferences > User Snippets and pressed the aforementioned keys.
3) I expected it to let me screenshot
4)Something was terribly wrong, as the screenshot never went off. My mouse click stopped working and it seemed as if the screenshot tool was active in some other context, as my mouse cursor changed whether I was on the dock or on vscode window. There was no way to reverse this and I had to shutdown my computer. I

5) It is reproducible!

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: gnome-screenshot 3.36.0-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-52.57-generic 5.4.65
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-52-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.9
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Wed Nov 11 20:06:01 2020
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-10-08 (34 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200731)
SourcePackage: gnome-screenshot
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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