Have you used the setCell function? The following code below provides a button to change one of the names in the table. If a user clicks on a row to highlight it, it does not change the scroll position or which row is highlighted.
<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://www.google.com/jsapi"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
google.load("visualization", "1", {packages:["table"]});
google.setOnLoadCallback(drawTable);
var table;
var data;
function drawTable() {
data = new google.visualization.DataTable();
data.addColumn('string', 'Name');
data.addColumn('number', 'Salary');
data.addColumn('boolean', 'Full Time Employee');
data.addRows([
['Mike', {v: 10000, f: '$10,000'}, true],
['Jim', {v:8000, f: '$8,000'}, false],
['Alice', {v: 12500, f: '$12,500'}, true],
['Bob', {v: 7000, f: '$7,000'}, true],
['Mike', {v: 10000, f: '$10,000'}, true],
['Jim', {v:8000, f: '$8,000'}, false],
['Alice', {v: 12500, f: '$12,500'}, true],
['Bob', {v: 7000, f: '$7,000'}, true],
['Mike', {v: 10000, f: '$10,000'}, true],
['Jim', {v:8000, f: '$8,000'}, false],
['Alice', {v: 12500, f: '$12,500'}, true],
['Bob', {v: 7000, f: '$7,000'}, true],
['Mike', {v: 10000, f: '$10,000'}, true],
['Jim', {v:8000, f: '$8,000'}, false],
['Alice', {v: 12500, f: '$12,500'}, true],
['Bob', {v: 7000, f: '$7,000'}, true]
]);
table = new google.visualization.Table(document.getElementById('table_div'));
table.draw(data, {showRowNumber: true});
}
function changeCell() {
data.setCell(1, 0, 'Changed Name');
table.draw(data, {showRowNumber: true});
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="table_div"></div>
<button onclick="changeCell()">Change</button>
</body>
</html>