Index: includes/menu.inc
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RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/includes/menu.inc,v
retrieving revision 1.358
diff -u -p -r1.358 menu.inc
--- includes/menu.inc	1 Nov 2009 23:02:13 -0000	1.358
+++ includes/menu.inc	3 Nov 2009 00:34:45 -0000
@@ -1408,7 +1408,22 @@ function theme_menu_link(array $variable
  */
 function theme_menu_local_task($variables) {
   $link = $variables['element']['#link'];
-  return '<li' . (!empty($variables['element']['#active']) ? ' class="active"' : '') . '>' . l($link['title'], $link['href'], $link['localized_options']) . "</li>\n";
+  $link_text = $link['title'];
+
+  if (!empty($variables['element']['#active'])) {
+    // Add text to indicate active tab for non-visual users.
+    $active = '<span class="element-invisible">' . t('(active tab)') . '</span>';
+
+    // If the link does not contain HTML already, check_plain() it now.
+    // After we set 'html'=TRUE the link will not be sanitized by l().
+    if (empty($link['localized_options']['html'])) {
+      $link['title'] = check_plain($link['title']);
+    }
+    $link['localized_options']['html'] = TRUE;
+    $link_text = t('!local-task-title !active', array('!local-task-title' => $link['title'], '!active' => $active));
+  }
+
+  return '<li' . (!empty($variables['element']['#active']) ? ' class="active"' : '') . '>' . l($link_text, $link['href'], $link['localized_options']) . "</li>\n";
 }
 
 /**