//------------------------------------------------------
        //
        //  Internal Methods
        //
        //------------------------------------------------------

        #region Internal Methods

        // get focused element
        internal static ProxySimple GetFocusInGroup(IntPtr hwnd, ProxyFragment parent)
        {
            int index = WindowsListView.GetItemNext(hwnd, -1, NativeMethods.LVNI_FOCUSED);

            if (index != -1)
            {
                // get id of the group to which item belongs
                NativeMethods.LVITEM_V6 item = new NativeMethods.LVITEM_V6();

                item.mask  = NativeMethods.LVIF_GROUPID;
                item.iItem = index;
                if (XSendMessage.GetItem(hwnd, ref item))
                {
                    WindowsListViewGroup group = new WindowsListViewGroup(hwnd, parent, item.iGroupID);

                    return(new ListViewItem(hwnd, group, index));
                }
            }
            else
            {
                // if none of the items have focus see if the focus is on the subset link
                // this only exists in v6 comctrl on vista or later.
                if (Misc.IsComctrlV6OnOsVerV6orHigher(hwnd))
                {
                    int groupIndex = (int)Misc.ProxySendMessage(hwnd, NativeMethods.LVM_GETFOCUSEDGROUP, IntPtr.Zero, IntPtr.Zero);

                    // need to convert the item id to a group id
                    NativeMethods.LVGROUP_V6 groupInfo = new NativeMethods.LVGROUP_V6();
                    groupInfo.Init(Marshal.SizeOf(typeof(NativeMethods.LVGROUP_V6)));
                    groupInfo.mask = NativeMethods.LVGF_GROUPID;

                    unsafe
                    {
                        bool lresult = XSendMessage.XSend(hwnd, NativeMethods.LVM_GETGROUPINFOBYINDEX, new IntPtr(groupIndex), new IntPtr(&groupInfo), Marshal.SizeOf(typeof(NativeMethods.LVGROUP_V6)));
                        if (!lresult)
                        {
                            // no group for this item should never happen.
                            return(null);
                        }
                    }

                    int groupId = groupInfo.iGroupID;
                    groupInfo.Init(Marshal.SizeOf(typeof(NativeMethods.LVGROUP_V6)));
                    groupInfo.iGroupID  = groupId;
                    groupInfo.mask      = NativeMethods.LVGF_STATE;
                    groupInfo.stateMask = NativeMethods.LVGS_SUBSETLINKFOCUSED;

                    // Note: return code of GetGroupInfo() is not reliable.
                    XSendMessage.GetGroupInfo(hwnd, ref groupInfo); // ignore return code.

                    if ((groupInfo.state & NativeMethods.LVGS_SUBSETLINKFOCUSED) != 0)
                    {
                        GroupManager.GroupInfo groupManagerInfo = GetGroupInfo(hwnd, groupId);
                        int [] items = groupManagerInfo._items;
                        if (groupManagerInfo._count <= 0 || groupManagerInfo._count >= items.Length)
                        {
                            return(null);
                        }

                        int sslIndex = items [groupManagerInfo._count - 1];

                        // The items array holds the list items in this group.  If we have a subset link we
                        // don't store it with the list items because it isn't really a list item.  Instead we just
                        // create the subset link proxy with an item index one more than the last index.
                        WindowsListViewGroup group = new WindowsListViewGroup(hwnd, parent, groupId);
                        return(group.CreateGroupSubsetLink(sslIndex + 1));
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        return(new WindowsListViewGroup(hwnd, parent, groupId));
                    }
                }
            }

            return(null);
        }