if (News\Utility::checkVerXoops($GLOBALS['xoopsModule'], '2.5.9')) {
    //    $topic_select = $topic_tree->makeSelBox('topic_id', 'topic_title', '-- ', $topicid, false);
    $topic_select = $topic_tree->makeSelectElement('topic_id', 'topic_title', '--', $topicid, false, 0, '', _NW_TOPIC);
    $sform->addElement($topic_select);
} else {