How can I check if an element exists with Selenium WebDriver? [duplicate]

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You could alternatively do:

driver.findElements(By.id("...")).size() != 0

Which saves the nasty try/catch

P.S.:

Or more precisely by @JanHrcek here

!driver.findElements(By.id("...")).isEmpty()

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