diff --git a/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/ui/speedSearch/SpeedSearch.java b/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/ui/speedSearch/SpeedSearch.java
index dfc8d4b75e73..29c56b5dc39c 100644
--- a/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/ui/speedSearch/SpeedSearch.java
+++ b/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/ui/speedSearch/SpeedSearch.java
@@ -17,11 +17,14 @@ package com.intellij.ui.speedSearch;
 
 import com.intellij.psi.codeStyle.NameUtil;
 import com.intellij.util.text.Matcher;
+import gnu.trove.TIntHashSet;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
 import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
 
 public class SpeedSearch {
+  private final static TIntHashSet ALLOWED_SPECIAL_SYMBOLS = new TIntHashSet(new int [] {' ', '*', '_', '-', '"', '\'', '/', '.', '$', '>', ':'});
+
   private String myString = "";
   private boolean myEnabled;
   private Matcher myMatcher;
@@ -58,7 +61,7 @@ public class SpeedSearch {
     }
     else {
       final char ch = e.getKeyChar();
-      if (Character.isLetterOrDigit(ch) || ch == ' ' || ch == '*' || ch == '_' || ch == '-' || ch == '"' || ch == '\'' || ch == '/' || ch == '.' || ch == '$') {
+      if (Character.isLetterOrDigit(ch) || ALLOWED_SPECIAL_SYMBOLS.contains(ch)) {
         type(Character.toString(ch));
         e.consume();
       }