How do I make a button work in a specific area on the canvas only?

I'm making a Minecraft-Terraria style mining game, and I have a pickaxe tool. I want to make it so it can only be triggered over a certain area or position. How would I do this?
PS. If it uses coordinates, how would I find those?

which one?
there are 2 different suggestions. using coordinates is easiest to use but only works well if the area is rectangular.

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hello , please
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I solved that problem by making the down state an actual
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