Illustration with a combo box in the anchor pane
sample.fxml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<?import javafx.scene.control.ComboBox?>
<?import javafx.scene.layout.AnchorPane?>
<?import javafx.collections.FXCollections?>
<?import java.lang.String?>
<AnchorPane maxHeight="-Infinity"
maxWidth="-Infinity"
minHeight="-Infinity"
minWidth="-Infinity"
prefHeight="400.0"
prefWidth="600.0"
xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1">
<ComboBox layoutX="36.0" layoutY="50.0" prefWidth="150.0" >
<items>
<FXCollections fx:factory="observableArrayList">
<String fx:value="Item 1" />
<String fx:value="Item 2" />
<String fx:value="Item 3" />
<String fx:value="Item 4" />
<String fx:value="Item 5" />
</FXCollections>
</items>
</ComboBox>
</AnchorPane>
You can write the contents of the combo box with FXML