footprint.SetSelected() is not making footprint selected (Kicad 6)

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Im in Kicad 6.0.2 and I’m trying to write script that selects multiple footprints:

import pcbnew
board = pcbnew.GetBoard()
footprints = board.GetFootprints()
footprints[0].GetReference() # this prints R1
footprints[0].SetSelected() # nothing happens
pcbnew.Refresh() # nothing happens

R1 remains unselected. How to select footprints in script in kicad 6? Thanks.

footprints[0].SetSelected(True) prints error: TypeError: EDA_ITEM.SetSelected() takes 1 positional argument but 2 were given

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Why? V6 is two years obsolete and 6.0.2 is an early and buggy release of V6

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I remember fixing some bugs in kicad related to selection from python in v7. Make sure to update your kicad and do your changes from plugin, not a script, there is special logic synchronizing internal selection state that runs after the plugin completes, it is necessary to have the selection show up correctly in pcb editor.