How to set item focus in GtkTreeView?

["Miroslav Rajcic" <rajcic sokrates hr>]

Is there a simple way to set a focus on an item in the GtkTreeView without 
changing its selection state?

I've tried using gtk_tree_view_set_cursor API, but it seems to always set 
item selected too.

My current solution is to:
1. read selection state of an item
2. call gtk_tree_view_set_cursor to set both focus and selected state
3. restore selection state to be the same as before the step 2.

Problem is this causes a big flicker, making it unusable.

Is there any better way? Is there an API for this that I missed when looking 
?

TIA