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## Tree Selections

The TreeSelection object is a helper object to manage the selection for a TreeView widget. The TreeSelection object is automatically created when a new TreeView widget is created, and cannot exist independently of this widget. The primary reason the TreeSelection object exists is for cleanliness of code and API. That is, there is no conceptual reason all these functions could not be methods on the TreeView widget instead of a separate method.
The TreeSelection object can be retrieved from a TreeView by calling the following method:

`Gtk::TreeSelection* get_selection() const;`

It can be manipulated to check the selection status of the tree, as well as select and deselect individual rows. Selection is done completely view side. As a result, multiple views of the same model can have completely different selections. Additionally, you cannot change the selection of a row on the model that is not currently displayed by the view without expanding its parents first.
One of the important things to remember when monitoring the selection of a view is that the changed signal is mostly a hint. That is, it may only emit one signal when a range of rows is selected. Additionally, it may on occasion emit a changed signal when nothing has happened (mostly as a result of programmers calling select_row on an already selected row).

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