Invisible files under list in trash

I've read a some threads about hidden files in the trash, but none of them pertained to my issue. It's nothing major, and does not affect the functionality of the trash or Leopard. But I am quite curious.
Whenever I check what I have in my trash, under the LIST and PREVIEW LIST view, I see maybe 1 or two files/folders the others are invisible. ie. I know I've deleted a number of files/folders, but only see 1 or two spread apart, as if there are other files in between. But when I switch to ICON or COLUMN view, all the files/folders I deleted are visible. Switching back to the other 2 views makes most of the files/folders invisible again.
Wondering what is causing this, and maybe how to fix.
Thanks.

Thanks Carolyn, unfortunately, it didn't pertain to my issue. Deleting files, and deleting files in the trash work just fine, which is what the link to The X Lab was touching on.
My issue is just the view window. 2 of the 4 window view options shows all files, the other 2 only shows one or two random ones (most times the visible file is a folder, but I've seen an actual file be visible as well). I haven't seen more than 2 be visible at one time under List view or Preview List view.
I've repaired permissions, cleared cache, ran Disk Warrior, but nothing has fixed the issue. It seems like it happened after updating to 10.5.6. My previous G5 dual 1.8 PPC running 10.5.5, and my Mac at work (same specs as my current system) doesn't have this issue.

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• An invisible file has its invisible file-system attribute enabled.
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• The Find criterion for Visibility does not work. Find under Tiger is implemented in Spotlight. That the Visibility criterion does not work extends beyond the facts that Spotlight does not index hidden or invisible files nor will it search (with the exception of Raw Queries using criteria based solely on file system metadata) outside of its index. The function simply does not work. Even using a raw query to search for invisible files, when compared to using the Spotlight mdfind Terminal command, produces inconsistent results.
I have an entire appendix in the Tiger Edition of my book — from the info above is provided — that demonstrates all of these anomalies with Spotlight concerning searching for hidden and invisible files.
Your best bet for searching for hidden or invisible files under Tiger is to use EasyFind.
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