Activate the Zoom to fit image width plugin if you want pictures to be expanded to fill the full width of the window.
To do this, open the application menu on the top bar, click Preferences, and go to the Plugins tab. Then, check Zoom to fit image width and close the dialog.
In order to add this functionality, you will need to have installed eog-plugins.
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