How to submit a form after event.preventDefault
<p>I have a html form like this. Below is my html code and jQuery code.My intention is when user selects "Delete" option and click on "Apply", I want to first confirm user's decision and if user clicks "ok", the form will be submitted. However, I am kind of lost now. Can anyone give me a hint? Thanks!</p>

<p>HTML:</p>

<pre><code>  &lt;div&gt;
    &lt;select id="option_selection"&gt;
        &lt;option value=""&gt;Select Options&lt;/option&gt;
        &lt;option value="approve"&gt;Approve&lt;/option&gt;
        &lt;option value="unapprove"&gt;Unapprove&lt;/option&gt;
        &lt;option value="delete"&gt;Delete&lt;/option&gt;
    &lt;/select&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

    &lt;div&gt;
        &lt;input id="apply" type="submit" name="submit" value="Apply"&gt;
    &lt;/div&gt;
</code></pre>

<p>jQuery:</p>

<pre><code>    $("#apply").on('click',function(event){
    if($('#option_selection').val() == "delete"){
        event.preventDefault();
        var answer=confirm("Are you sure you want to delete?");

        if(answer){
            $("#option_selection").submit();
        }
    }
});
</code></pre>