For some reason I can't see the Publish/Unpublish icons in the list view in front end in the 2.5 sandbox (they are working fine in back end) ... I've got a test project that I've used to recreate the problem ...

PTL: My Project/My Table/My Table

Thanks!
Dave

This is a very old topic, and I guess this is now working.
For me it works like a charm.

Did you checked the rights (core.edit.state) of the user ?