cPanel Redirects Options Analysis

Let's analyze what the following two interfaces have to offer:

cPanel > Redirects > www. redirection
cPanel > Domains > Force HTTPS Redirect

Our task is to redirect the following URLs:

http://site.com/
http://www.site.com/
https://www.site.com/

[COLOR=rgb(0, 0, 0)]To: [COLOR=rgb(65, 168, 95)] https://site.com/
www. redirection NOTE: The rules defined here get written in the domain's .htaccess file.

Only redirect with www. RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off RewriteCond %{HTTP:X-Forwarded-SSL} !on RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.site\.com$ RewriteRule ^(.*)$ "https\:\/\/site\.com\/$1" [R=301,L]
Only red URLs are redirected: http://site.com/
[COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]http://www.site.com/
[COLOR=rgb(0, 0, 0)] ==> [COLOR=rgb(65, 168, 95)]https://site.com/
https://www.site.com/
<== Why is this not redirected?
Redirect with or without www. RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off RewriteCond %{HTTP:X-Forwarded-SSL} !on RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^site\.com$ [OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.site\.com$ RewriteRule ^(.*)$ "https\:\/\/site\.com\/$1" [R=301,L]
Only red URLs are redirected: [COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]http://site.com/
[COLOR=rgb(0, 0, 0)] ==> [COLOR=rgb(65, 168, 95)]https://site.com/
[COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)] http://www.site.com/
[COLOR=rgb(0, 0, 0)] ==> [COLOR=rgb(65, 168, 95)]https://site.com/
https://www.site.com/
<== Why is this not redirected?
Do Not Redirect www. RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off RewriteCond %{HTTP:X-Forwarded-SSL} !on RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^site\.com$ RewriteRule ^(.*)$ "https\:\/\/site\.com\/$1" [R=301,L]
Only red URLs are redirected: [COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]http://site.com/
[COLOR=rgb(0, 0, 0)] ==> [COLOR=rgb(65, 168, 95)]https://site.com/
http://www.site.com/
https://www.site.com/

Force HTTPS Redirect [COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]QUESTION: Where do rules defined here get written?

Only red URLs are redirected: [COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]http://site.com/
[COLOR=rgb(0, 0, 0)] ==> [COLOR=rgb(65, 168, 95)]https://site.com/
[COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)] http://www.site.com/
[COLOR=rgb(0, 0, 0)] ==> [COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]https://www.site.com/
https://www.site.com/

So to achieve what we want the closest (incomplete) solution we have is to just turn on the Redirect with or without www. option. People usually want to define redirects in one place, which makes this cPanel approach unintuitive and incomplete. Also, if you turn on Force HTTPS Redirect and Redirect with or without www. at the same time, the other option has no effect. Suggestions:

Move the "Force HTTPS Redirect" option to the "Redirects" interface as a part of one integral interface where they won't conflict.
Make it possible to select multiple domains when creating a redirect in the "Redirects" interface. This would write rules in the user's root .htaccess or to VirtualHost in httpd.conf instead of the domains' root .htaccess.

cPanel Redirects Options Analysis

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