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HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/slick-carousel@1.8.1/slick/slick.css">
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/slick-carousel@1.8.1/slick/slick.min.js"></script>
<div class="slider">
  <div class="slide">1</div>
  <div class="slide">2</div>
  <div class="slide">3</div>
  <div class="slide">4</div>
  <div class="slide">5</div>
  <div class="slide">6</div>
  <div class="slide">7</div>
  <div class="slide">8</div>
  <div class="slide">9</div>
</div>

CSS

body {
  background: #FFF;
  padding: 20px;
  font-family: Helvetica;
}

.slider {
  color: #333;
  padding:0 0 30px;
}

.slide {
  font-size: 90px;
  width: 150px;
  padding:10px 0;
  margin:20px 15px;
  text-align: center;
  border: 1px solid #999;
}
.slide.locked { background: rgba(255,255,0,0.5); }

.slick-prev, .slick-next {
  position: absolute;
  bottom:0;
}
.slick-next { left:80px; }

JavaScript

let currentFocus, nextFocus, prevFocus;

$(document).ready(function(){

  $('.slider').slick({
    dots: false,
    infinite: false,
    speed: 300,
    slidesToShow: 5,
    slidesToScroll: 1,
     responsive: [
      {
        breakpoint: 1024,
        settings: {
          slidesToShow: 3,
        }
      },
      {
        breakpoint: 600,
        settings: {
          slidesToShow: 2,
        }
      },
      {
        breakpoint: 480,
        settings: {
          slidesToShow: 1,
        }
      }
    ]
  });

	function setForFocus() {
      nextFocus = currentFocus.next();
    prevFocus = currentFocus.prev();
    if (prevFocus.length == 0)
			prevFocus = null; 
    if (nextFocus.length == 0)
			nextFocus = null; 
  }

  $('.slide').on('click', function() {   
    if ($(this).hasClass('locked')) {
        $(this).toggleClass('locked');
        currentFocus = nextFocus = prevFocus = null;
    } else {
        if (typeof currentFocus !== "undefined" &&
        currentFocus !== null)
          	currentFocus.toggleClass('locked');
        $(this).toggleClass('locked');
        currentFocus = $(this);
        setForFocus();      
    }
    
  });

	$('.slick-next').on('click', function() {
	if (typeof currentFocus !== "undefined" &&
  		currentFocus !== null && 
      typeof nextFocus !== "undefined" &&	
      nextFocus !== null) {
      	  let next_text = Number(nextFocus.text());
      	  let cur_text = Number(currentFocus.text());
		      currentFocus.text(next_text);
          nextFocus.text(cur_text);
          currentFocus.toggleClass('locked');
          nextFocus.toggleClass('locked');
          currentFocus = nextFocus;
          setForFocus();  
      }
  });

	$('.slick-prev').on('click', function() {
	if (typeof currentFocus !== "undefined" &&
  		currentFocus !== null && 
      typeof prevFocus !== "undefined" &&	
      prevFocus !== null) {
      	  let prev_text = Number(prevFocus.text());
      	  let cur_text = Number(currentFocus.text());
		   ...