def tree_get_first_column_value(treeview):
    """Find selected first column item name from treeview (PYGTK-specific)."""
    (model, pathlist) = treeview.get_selection().get_selected_rows()

    # check something was selected
    if len(pathlist) == 0:
        return

    tree_iter = model.get_iter(pathlist[0])
    return model.get_value(tree_iter, 0)