FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
7u55
7u60
8u5

ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
Darwin 13.3.0 Darwin Kernel Version 13.3.0: Tue Jun 3 21:27:35 PDT 2014; root:xnu-2422.110.17~1/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64


A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
During verification of 7u55 and 8u5 we discovered that text entry of german Umlaute is broken in 7u55, 7u60 and 8u5 for Java Web Start applications.

If you type FN + Umlaut it works, but Backspace is also broken.

Also see

https://community.oracle.com/message/12414780

copy/paste of text containing umlaute works fine.

REGRESSION. Last worked in version 7u51

ADDITIONAL REGRESSION INFORMATION:
java -version
java version "1.7.0_55"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_55-b13)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 24.55-b03, mixed mode)

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
Use the webstart app which is uploaded here https://community.oracle.com/message/12414780




EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
I would expect that I can type Umlaute

REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

CUSTOMER SUBMITTED WORKAROUND :
If we download the jnlp file first and start the webstart app with javaws xxx.jnlp everything is working