ctrl-alt-t opens new terminal window instead of new tab while gnome terminal is active window

Vincent

ctrl-alt-t opens a new window instead of a new tab while the shell is the active window. I see in the terminal shortcut settings --which are enabled-- (in terminal window: edit > preferences > shortcuts) that ctrl-alt-t is meant to open a new tab.

Prior to this issue I followed the instructions here to try to customize the shortcut, and I then followed the "rollback" directions in that post to undo it since it wasn't working. Maybe that's what messed things up for me?

Steps to create this issue:
1. open a gnome-shell terminal window
2. mouse click on the terminal to ensure it is active
3. ctrl-alt-t

Expected result: new terminal tab opens in existing window.
Observed result: new and separate terminal window opens.

gnome-shell --version is "GNOME Shell 3.28.3"

Edit: Here is a screenshot of the terminal shortcut page. I must have somehow changed the default ctrl-shift-tab to ctrl-alt-tab?

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Vincent

Silly mistake... turns out ctrl-alt-t was set as both the new terminal tab shortcut (in terminal preferences) and also the new terminal window shortcut (in keyboard preferences). I simply edited the terminal shortcut back to ctrl-shift-t.

Thanks all for the insights and sending me in the right direction!

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