--- old/ffgo/gui/widgets.py
+++ new/ffgo/gui/widgets.py
@@ -110,7 +110,10 @@
             self.FFGoGotoItemWithIndex(targetIdx, treeItems=treeItems)
 
     def FFGoGotoItem(self, item):
-        self.selection(selop="set", items=(item,))
+        try:
+            self.selection(selop="set", items=(item,))
+        except TypeError:
+            self._selection(selop="set", items=(item,))
         self.see(item)
 
     def FFGoGotoItemWithIndex(self, index, treeItems=None):
@@ -118,7 +121,10 @@
             treeItems = self.get_children()
 
         targetItem = treeItems[index]
-        self.selection(selop="set", items=(targetItem,))
+        try:
+            self.selection(selop="set", items=(targetItem,))
+        except TypeError:
+            self._selection(selop="set", items=(targetItem,))
         self.see(targetItem)
 
     def FFGoGotoItemWithValue(self, column, value):