I have the Preferences set to open a new terminal in a tab, rather than in a window. Even after closing all instances of the terminal and relaunching it, new instances still open in another window.
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Which one is it?
Gnome terminal
With a terminal open:
Ctrl-Shift-T will open a new terminal in a new tab
Ctrl-Shift-N will open a new terminal in a new window
Not sure if this is how you do it but perhaps it helps?
Edit: correction of the keyboards shortcuts
That is what it says in the shortcut section in the Preferences.
But then, in the General section, how should I interpret “Open new terminals in” which I have set to tab
Right.
It doesn’t seem to have any effect on how you set it on my end either 
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https://help.gnome.org/users/gnome-terminal/stable/pref-tab-window.html.en
Have a quick read of this and it will explain the option
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I am sorry, but I am probably too dim to understand what they mean by
“then pressing New Terminal will open a new tab”
How do you press New Terminal, where is that button?
File->New Terminal (from the menu bar)
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This seems to be intended to work with the + button on the terminal bar.
If you have chosen to open a new terminal in a new tab, then:
pressing the + button will open a new terminal in a new tab
pressing Ctrl-+ will open it in a new window
The shortcuts still as mentioned before
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I don’t have a +button on the terminal bar, there is only the 3-bar hamburger.
Anyhow, no problem. I prefer keyboard shortcuts, so I’ll go with Ctrl+Shift+T.
Thank you for your help.
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Got it. Thanks for bearing with me 
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You’re welcome mate
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