Index: src/wp-admin/css/edit.css
===================================================================
--- src/wp-admin/css/edit.css	(revision 40330)
+++ src/wp-admin/css/edit.css	(working copy)
@@ -772,27 +772,6 @@
   11.4 - Post formats
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
-.post-state-format {
-	overflow: hidden;
-	display: inline-block;
-	vertical-align: middle;
-	height: 20px;
-	width: 20px;
-	margin-right: 5px;
-	margin-top: -4px;
-}
-
-.post-state-format:before {
-	display: block;
-	height: 20px;
-	width: 20px;
-	font: normal 20px/1 dashicons !important;
-	speak: none;
-	-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
-	-moz-osx-font-smoothing: grayscale;
-}
-
-.post-state-format:before,
 .post-format-icon:before {
 	color: #ddd;
 	-webkit-transition: all .1s ease-in-out;
@@ -799,11 +778,6 @@
 	transition: all .1s ease-in-out;
 }
 
-a.post-state-format:hover:before,
-a.post-format-icon:hover:before {
-	color: #00a0d2;
-}
-
 #post-formats-select {
 	line-height: 2em;
 }
@@ -817,8 +791,8 @@
 }
 
 label.post-format-icon {
-	margin-left: 0px;
-	padding: 2px 0 2px 0px;
+	margin-left: 0;
+	padding: 2px 0;
 }
 
 .post-format-icon:before {
@@ -831,63 +805,43 @@
 	-moz-osx-font-smoothing: grayscale;
 }
 
-.post-state-format.post-format-standard:before,
-.post-format-icon.post-format-standard:before,
-a.post-state-format.format-standard:before {
+.post-format-icon.post-format-standard:before {
 	content: "\f109";
 }
 
-.post-state-format.post-format-image:before,
-.post-format-icon.post-format-image:before,
-a.post-state-format.format-image:before {
+.post-format-icon.post-format-image:before {
 	content: "\f128";
 }
 
-.post-state-format.post-format-gallery:before,
-.post-format-icon.post-format-gallery:before,
-a.post-state-format.format-gallery:before {
+.post-format-icon.post-format-gallery:before {
 	content: "\f161";
 }
 
-.post-state-format.post-format-audio:before,
-.post-format-icon.post-format-audio:before,
-a.post-state-format.format-audio:before {
+.post-format-icon.post-format-audio:before {
 	content: "\f127";
 }
 
-.post-state-format.post-format-video:before,
-.post-format-icon.post-format-video:before,
-a.post-state-format.format-video:before {
+.post-format-icon.post-format-video:before {
 	content: "\f126";
 }
 
-.post-state-format.post-format-chat:before,
-.post-format-icon.post-format-chat:before,
-a.post-state-format.format-chat:before {
+.post-format-icon.post-format-chat:before {
 	content: "\f125";
 }
 
-.post-state-format.post-format-status:before,
-.post-format-icon.post-format-status:before,
-a.post-state-format.format-status:before {
+.post-format-icon.post-format-status:before {
 	content: "\f130";
 }
 
-.post-state-format.post-format-aside:before,
-.post-format-icon.post-format-aside:before,
-a.post-state-format.format-aside:before {
+.post-format-icon.post-format-aside:before {
 	content: "\f123";
 }
 
-.post-state-format.post-format-quote:before,
-.post-format-icon.post-format-quote:before,
-a.post-state-format.format-quote:before {
+.post-format-icon.post-format-quote:before {
 	content: "\f122";
 }
 
-.post-state-format.post-format-link:before,
-.post-format-icon.post-format-link:before,
-a.post-state-format.format-link:before {
+.post-format-icon.post-format-link:before {
 	content: "\f103";
 }
 
Index: src/wp-admin/css/ie.css
===================================================================
--- src/wp-admin/css/ie.css	(revision 40330)
+++ src/wp-admin/css/ie.css	(working copy)
@@ -471,12 +471,6 @@
 	display: inline;
 }
 
-a.post-state-format {
-	text-indent: 0;
-	line-height: 0;
-	font-size: 0;
-}
-
 table.ie-fixed {
 	table-layout: fixed;
 }
Index: src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-posts-list-table.php
===================================================================
--- src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-posts-list-table.php	(revision 40330)
+++ src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-posts-list-table.php	(working copy)
@@ -452,6 +452,64 @@
 	}
 
 	/**
+	 * Display a formats dropdown for filtering items.
+	 *
+	 * @since 4.8.0
+	 * @access protected
+	 *
+	 * @param string $post_type Post type key.
+	 */
+	protected function formats_dropdown( $post_type ) {
+		/**
+		 * Filters whether to remove the 'Formats' drop-down from the post list table.
+		 *
+		 * @since 4.8.0
+		 *
+		 * @param bool $disable Whether to disable the drop-down. Default false.
+		 */
+		if ( apply_filters( 'disable_formats_dropdown', false ) ) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		// Make sure the dropdown shows only formats with a post count greater than 0.
+		$used_post_formats = get_terms( array(
+			'taxonomy' => 'post_format',
+			'hide_empty' => true,
+		) );
+
+		/*
+		 * Return if the post type doesn't have post formats, or there are no
+		 * posts using formats, or if we're in the trash.
+		 */
+		if ( ! is_object_in_taxonomy( $post_type, 'post_format' ) || empty( $used_post_formats ) || $this->is_trash ) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		$displayed_post_format = isset( $_GET['post_format'] ) ? $_GET['post_format'] : '';
+		?>
+		<label for="filter-by-format" class="screen-reader-text"><?php _e( 'Filter by post format' ); ?></label>
+		<select name="post_format" id="filter-by-format">
+			<option<?php selected( $displayed_post_format, '' ); ?> value=""><?php _e( 'All formats' ); ?></option>
+			<?php
+			foreach ( $used_post_formats as $used_post_format ) {
+				// Post format slug.
+				$slug = str_replace( 'post-format-', '', $used_post_format->slug );
+				// Pretty, translated version of the post format slug.
+				$pretty_name = get_post_format_string( $slug );
+				// Skip the standard post format.
+				if ( 'standard' === $slug ) {
+					continue;
+				}
+				?>
+				<option<?php selected( $displayed_post_format, $slug ) ?> value="<?php echo esc_attr( $slug ); ?>"><?php echo esc_html( $pretty_name ); ?></option>
+				<?php
+			}
+			?>
+		</select>
+		<?php
+	}
+
+	/**
 	 * @param string $which
 	 */
 	protected function extra_tablenav( $which ) {
@@ -463,6 +521,7 @@
 
 			$this->months_dropdown( $this->screen->post_type );
 			$this->categories_dropdown( $this->screen->post_type );
+			$this->formats_dropdown( $this->screen->post_type );
 
 			/**
 			 * Fires before the Filter button on the Posts and Pages list tables.
@@ -919,20 +978,6 @@
 		$pad = str_repeat( '&#8212; ', $this->current_level );
 		echo "<strong>";
 
-		$format = get_post_format( $post->ID );
-		if ( $format ) {
-			$label = get_post_format_string( $format );
-
-			$format_class = 'post-state-format post-format-icon post-format-' . $format;
-
-			$format_args = array(
-				'post_format' => $format,
-				'post_type' => $post->post_type
-			);
-
-			echo $this->get_edit_link( $format_args, $label . ':', $format_class );
-		}
-
 		$title = _draft_or_post_title();
 
 		if ( $can_edit_post && $post->post_status != 'trash' ) {