Question

I need to check if a form element exists in my current web page with selenium.
Does anybody know how to do?

Answer 1

There are two ways to do this. Either use lefthandedgoat’s version catching an exception, or use the FindElements method and check it’s size, so something like (in C# using LINQ):

public bool IsElementPresent(By selector)
{
    return driver.FindElements(selector).Any();
}

Either option will work fine, there is not really much different. I personally use the other way, but wanted to make sure you knew there are generally two ways to do this. You didn’t mention a language, so let us know if there is a specific language you are using.

It is worth noting that underneath, when you do a FindElement() in Selenium, it is performing this method.