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I want to add a block in left column of only my module, not whole website.

If I place it in <default> tag it will be shown in whole website, but I want to do something like <mymodule_default>, is it possible ?

I know I can place my block in every layout_handler like 

 <mymodule_controllername_actionname>
    <reference name="left">
        <block type="mymodule/block" name="left_navigation" before="-" template="mymodule/left-nav.phtml" />
    </reference>
 </mymodule_controllername_actionname>

but this is not what I want, I want to do it as

 <mymodule_default>
    <reference name="left">
        <block type="mymodule/block" name="left_navigation" before="-" template="mymodule/left-nav.phtml" />
    </reference>
 </mymodule_default>

Or it is not preferable ?? Thanks

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You can only add layout update handle in each controller

public function preDispatch()
{
    parent::preDispatch();
    $this
        ->getLayout()
        ->getUpdate()
        ->addHandle('mymodule_default');
}

Or with instruction <update handle="mymodule_default"/> in all <mymodule_controllername_actionname> handles

Example:

<mymodule_controllername_actionname>
    <update handle="mymodule_default"/>
    ...
<mymodule_controllername_actionname>
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