And I figured it out - OnNavigateBack returns to the invoking OBJECT not the view.
Combo boxes dont reinitialize on return to view unless some had added code to the class to do so
Thanks for listening.
Correction: After more testing, navigate close also causes all the combo lists to refill.
I also don't get consistent execute of OnNavigateBack
When I forward navigate from a list view with constraints to a detail view and then want to move back to the list view.
If I click back on the breadcrumb trail or the back button the list view behaves as if I navigated forward into it, it looses any constraints I had based on Combo boxes as their initialize themselves from scratch. If I send NavigateClose the behavior is what I expect. Does this mean I have to have a "BACK" button on each view execute NavigateClose so that the invoking view knows I am coming back and nat stratign new?