diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/search/actions/SelectionParseAction.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/search/actions/SelectionParseAction.java
index f7944fb7523..936d1498ed5 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/search/actions/SelectionParseAction.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/search/actions/SelectionParseAction.java
@@ -537,9 +537,9 @@ public class SelectionParseAction extends Action {
 	}
 	
 	protected class SelSearchNode{
-	 	protected String selText;
-	 	protected int selStart;
-	 	protected int selEnd;
+	 	public String selText;
+        public int selStart;
+        public int selEnd;
 	}
 
     protected SelSearchNode getSelectedStringFromEditor() {