diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/CharToVKeyMap.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/CharToVKeyMap.java
index 0b8961e655e0..3d15ec4ca98f 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/CharToVKeyMap.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/CharToVKeyMap.java
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class CharToVKeyMap {
     charToVKeyMap.put('{',KeyEvent.VK_BRACELEFT);
     charToVKeyMap.put('}',KeyEvent.VK_BRACERIGHT);
     charToVKeyMap.put('@',KeyEvent.VK_AT);
-    charToVKeyMap.put(';',KeyEvent.VK_COLON);
+    charToVKeyMap.put(':',KeyEvent.VK_COLON);
     charToVKeyMap.put('$',KeyEvent.VK_DOLLAR);
     charToVKeyMap.put('€',KeyEvent.VK_EURO_SIGN);
     charToVKeyMap.put('!',KeyEvent.VK_EXCLAMATION_MARK);