Creating a button in python

Question

I'm trying to make an interactive game for special needs children, where you click on a button and it moves the photo on. I need some help however as when I run my code, the console prints "..." as it should when you click on the button, and when you click away from the buttons it does not. All is working there. No matter where you click above or below a button, it recognises it as the button. So it cannot distinguish the y coordinate column as not part of the button's co-ordinates. Help would be appreciated! See photos: [Game window][1]... Code:

import pygame
import random

pygame.init()
#define variables
BLACK = (0, 0, 0)
WHITE = (255, 255, 255)
GREEN = (0, 255, 0)
RED = (255, 0, 0)
background_colour = (255, 255, 255)
(width, height) = (700, 500)
x = 250
y = 100
mpos = pygame.mouse.get_pos()
mpress = pygame.mouse.get_pressed()
Button1 = 'photos/buttonCow.png'
Button2 = 'photos/buttonDuck.png'
Button3 = 'photos/buttonHorse.png'
Button4 = 'photos/buttonSheep.png'

imageOption1 = pygame.image.load(Button1)
imageOption2 = pygame.image.load(Button2)
imageOption3 = pygame.image.load(Button3)
imageOption4 = pygame.image.load(Button4)


screen = pygame.display.set_mode((width, height))
pygame.display.set_caption('Game!')
screen.fill(background_colour)
running = True


def buttons():
    if pygame.mouse.get_pos() >= (200, 400):
        if pygame.mouse.get_pos() <= (260, 430):
            print("horse")
    if pygame.mouse.get_pos() >= (300, 400):
        if pygame.mouse.get_pos() <= (360, 430):
            print("duck")
    if pygame.mouse.get_pos() >= (400, 400):
        if pygame.mouse.get_pos() <= (460, 430):
            print("cow")
    if pygame.mouse.get_pos() >= (500, 400):
        if pygame.mouse.get_pos() <= (560, 430):
            print("sheep")


def displayOptions():
    screen.blit(imageOption1, (400, 400))
    screen.blit(imageOption2, (300, 400))
    screen.blit(imageOption3, (200, 400))
    screen.blit(imageOption4, (500, 400))


def whichAnimalFunc():
    whichAnimal = random.randint(0, 4)
    if whichAnimal == 1:
        image = pygame.image.load('photos/cow.png')
        screen.fill(WHITE)
        screen.blit(image, (x, y))
        displayOptions()
        pygame.display.update()
    if whichAnimal == 2:
        image = pygame.image.load('photos/duck.png')
        screen.fill(WHITE)
        screen.blit(image, (x, y))
        displayOptions()
        pygame.display.update()
    if whichAnimal == 3:
        image = pygame.image.load('photos/horse.png')
        screen.fill(WHITE)
        screen.blit(image, (x, y))
        displayOptions()
        pygame.display.update()
    elif whichAnimal == 4:
        image = pygame.image.load('photos/sheep.jpg')
        screen.fill(WHITE)
        screen.blit(image, (x, y))
        displayOptions()
        pygame.display.update()
    else:
        pygame.QUIT


while running:
    for event in pygame.event.get():
        if event.type == pygame.QUIT:
            running = False  # allows quit button to work
        if event.type == pygame.MOUSEBUTTONDOWN:
            pos = pygame.mouse.get_pos()
            print(pos)
            buttons()
            whichAnimalFunc()
            pygame.display.update()```



  [1]: https://i.sstatic.net/xDCa0.png

Answer 1

You can't just say pygame.mouse.get_pos() >= (200, 400), you have to say:

mouse_pos = pygame.mouse.get_pos()
if mouse[0] >= 200 and mouse[1] >= 400:
   # hovering

Answer 2

You have to check coordinates separately. And don't forget the button size:

mx, my = pygame.mouse.get_pos()
if mx >= 200 and my >= 400 and mx < 200 + imageOption3.get_width() and my < 400 + imageOption3.get_height():
    print("horse")

Also you can shorten whole thing using list (if you are not familliar with objects):

gameData = [
# (buttonX, buttonY, name) - will be extended by button image
[400, 400, 'Cow'],
[500, 400, 'Duck'],
#...
]

# load buttons:
for item in gameData:
    item.append(pygame.image.load("photos/button%s.png"%item[2]))

def displayOptions():
    for button in gameData:
        screen.blit(button[3], (button[0], button[1]))

def buttons():
    mx, my = pygame.mouse.get_pos()
    for button in gameData:
        bx, by = button[0], item[1]
        bw, bh = button[3].get_size()
        if mx >= bx and my >= by and mx < bx+bw and my < by+bh:
            print(button[2])

# etc.