1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/testbench-api/src/main/java/com/vaadin/testbench/elements/AbstractComponentElement.java b/testbench-api/src/main/java/com/vaadin/testbench/elements/AbstractComponentElement.java
index e219b53a04..7a4963d4ab 100644
--- a/testbench-api/src/main/java/com/vaadin/testbench/elements/AbstractComponentElement.java
+++ b/testbench-api/src/main/java/com/vaadin/testbench/elements/AbstractComponentElement.java
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ public class AbstractComponentElement extends AbstractElement {
         captionId = getAttribute(GWT_ID_ATTRIBUTE);
         // IE8 getAttribute returns empty string instead of null
         // when there is no attribute with specified name
-        if (captionId == null || captionId.equals("")) {
+        if (captionId == null || captionId.isEmpty()) {
             WebElement elem = findElement(
                     By.xpath(".//*[@" + GWT_ID_ATTRIBUTE + "]"));
             captionId = elem.getAttribute(GWT_ID_ATTRIBUTE);