How to check for an element if it exists or not?

hunsnowboarder02

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Dec 19, 2015, 7:57:57 AM12/19/15

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Hi Everyone!

I am having another frustrating problem with selenium.

I am using VBA + Selenium and I am trying to check wether an elemnent exists or not.

I am doing it by finding the element and checking it's size. If it is 0 it means that it is not present.

I use the following code:

element_size = driver.FindElementByCss("div.toto > p:nth-child(6)").Size

I am probably using it wrong because I get an "object doesn't support this property" error. However if I use:

element_size = driver.FindElementByCss("div.toto > p:nth-child(6)").Text

Then I get the desired text.

So what is wrong with my size code? ( I also tried .size() but I get the same error)

Thanks for your help in advance and have a nice weekend!

hunsnowboarder02

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Dec 20, 2015, 2:15:29 PM12/20/15

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Could sombedy help with this issue, please?

PeterJeffreyGale

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Dec 20, 2015, 6:06:46 PM12/20/15

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Where does it say that a FindElementBy method has size property?

lkat...@tripodtech.net

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Dec 21, 2015, 6:53:35 AM12/21/15

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FindElement method does not have size property. The size property is for FindElements method. You can try it.

Ripon Al Wasim

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Dec 21, 2015, 7:21:10 AM12/21/15

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Simply, you can call isElementPresent( By by) method.

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