tell application "System Events" to tell process "iTunes"
--tell outline 1 of scroll area 2 of window "iTunes"
--set statictexts to value of static text of rows
--repeat with i from 1 to number of statictexts
--if ((item i of statictexts) as text) starts with "untitled playlist" then
--set value of attribute "AXSelected" of row i to true
--return
--end if
--end repeat
--end tell
select row 1 of outline 1 of scroll area 3 of window "iTunes"
end tell
The select command does highlight the row on gray, but the keyboard focus stays on the source list.