Shift-command-4 only working occasionally.

Recently, this function (selected screenshot) has become almost useless. full screenshot shift-command-3 works perfectly.
Is this a setting issue I can adjust ?

Hi again eww,
I hope I'm getting the gist of your quesition here. The problem persists after several successful click-and-drags.
It goes like this.
I marqee/select a text with shift-click-4. It works perfectly for about 5-6 selections. Then, the marquee/selection fails to drag i.e. the shaded area fails to follow the trackpad cursor move and I only get a fraction of the selection. At times it doesn't even take the screenshot at all when releasing the keys. It appears the link between the cursor and the shaded selection gets disengaged. I have tried very slow drags but to no avail.
regards
HH

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