diff --git a/xml/impl/src/com/intellij/ide/browsers/UrlImpl.java b/xml/impl/src/com/intellij/ide/browsers/UrlImpl.java
index 0e4621cd87d9..ee64ea7a1e00 100644
--- a/xml/impl/src/com/intellij/ide/browsers/UrlImpl.java
+++ b/xml/impl/src/com/intellij/ide/browsers/UrlImpl.java
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ public final class UrlImpl implements Url {
 
   private String externalFormWithoutParameters;
 
+  public UrlImpl(@NotNull String scheme, @Nullable String authority, @Nullable String path) {
+    this(null, scheme, authority, path, null);
+  }
+
   public UrlImpl(@Nullable String raw, @NotNull String scheme, @Nullable String authority, @Nullable String path, @Nullable String parameters) {
     this.raw = raw;
     this.scheme = scheme;
diff --git a/xml/impl/src/com/intellij/ide/browsers/Urls.java b/xml/impl/src/com/intellij/ide/browsers/Urls.java
index b9626dac7c6c..140627fb6980 100644
--- a/xml/impl/src/com/intellij/ide/browsers/Urls.java
+++ b/xml/impl/src/com/intellij/ide/browsers/Urls.java
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ public final class Urls {
     return result;
   }
 
+  @NotNull
+  public static Url newHttpUrl(@Nullable String authority, @Nullable String path) {
+    return new UrlImpl("http", authority, path);
+  }
+
   @Nullable
   public static Url parse(@NotNull String url, boolean asLocalIfNoScheme) {
     if (asLocalIfNoScheme && !URLUtil.containsScheme(url)) {
@@ -101,7 +106,7 @@ public final class Urls {
   public static Url newFromVirtualFile(@NotNull VirtualFile file) {
     String path = file.getPath();
     if (file.isInLocalFileSystem()) {
-      return new UrlImpl(null, file.getFileSystem().getProtocol(), null, path, null);
+      return new UrlImpl(file.getFileSystem().getProtocol(), null, path);
     }
     else {
       return parseUrl(file.getUrl(), false);