Type 'string' is not assignable to type '"inherit" | "initial" | "unset" | "fixed" | "absolute" | "static" | "relative" | "sticky"'

This is a workaround, but it is alright. Some other solution is:

const mystyles = {
   position: 'absolute',
} as React.CSSProperties;

You can check back when this issue will be solved. Around TS 2.6 i guess, judging by milestones.

Use the React.CSSProperties type:

import React, { CSSProperties } from "react";

const myStyles: CSSProperties = {
  position: 'absolute',
}

Then just use the style as normal:

<div style={myStyles} />

The answer by superluminary doesn't work if you have nested style objects. In this case you can create a type:

import React, { CSSProperties } from 'react';

export interface StylesDictionary{
    [Key: string]: CSSProperties;
}

And use it like so:

const styles:StylesDictionary  = {
    someStyle:{
        display:'flex',
        justifyContent:'center',  
    },
    someOtherStyle:{
        display:'flex',
        justifyContent:'center',
        alignItems:'center',
        
    }
}

And then:

<div style={styles.someStyle} />